Overview

The @ignore tag indicates that a symbol in your code should never appear in the documentation. This tag takes precedence over all others.

For most JSDoc templates, including the default template, the @ignore tag has the following effects:

• If you use the @ignore tag with the @class or @module tag, the entire class or module will be omitted from the documentation.
• If you use the @ignore tag with the @namespace tag, you must also add the @ignore tag to any child classes and namespaces. Otherwise, your documentation will show the child classes and namespaces, but with incomplete names.

Examples

In the following example, Jacket and Jacket#color will not appear in the documentation.

/**
 * @class
 * @ignore
 */
function Jacket() {
    /** The jacket's color. */
    this.color = null;
}

In the following example, the Clothes namespace contains a Jacket class. The @ignore tag must be added to both Clothes and Clothes.Jacket. Clothes, Clothes.Jacket, and Clothes.Jacket#color will not appear in the documentation.

/**
 * @namespace
 * @ignore
 */
var Clothes = {
    /**
     * @class
     * @ignore
     */
    Jacket: function() {
        /** The jacket's color. */
        this.color = null;
    }
};