How to quote “*/” in JavaDocs

Question

I have a need to include */ in my JavaDoc comment. The problem is that this is also the same sequence for closing a comment. What the proper way to quote/escape

Answer 1

Nobody mentioned {@literal}. This is another way to go:

/**
 * Returns true if the specified string contains "*{@literal /}".
 */

Unfortunately you cannot escape */ at a time. With some drawbacks, this also fixes:

The only downside is that this isn't all that readable when viewing the code directly in a text editor.