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wrap-java: Include Java documentation in generated Swift code

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feature:wrap-java
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Description

This is tricky because we'll need to use a javadoc doclet to extract docs, as our generation is driven from just bytecode, absent of documentation.

We'd be able to offer a better experience to Swift calling Java if we carried docs such that the Swift IDEs can see them

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Research direction

Start by investigating the wrap-java generation path and how it currently consumes bytecode without documentation. Explore how a javadoc doclet could provide documentation for generated Swift, and consider the work complete when Java documentation is available to Swift callers through their IDEs.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java, swift
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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