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d5b12fe8ae917e654a33247fd4e59dc9e75170aebnicholes <p>Apache 2.4 uses <a href="http://www.doxygen.org/">Doxygen</a> to
d5b12fe8ae917e654a33247fd4e59dc9e75170aebnicholes document the APIs and global variables in the code. This will explain
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d5b12fe8ae917e654a33247fd4e59dc9e75170aebnicholes To end a documentation block, use <code>*/</code></p>
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d266c3777146d36a4c23c17aad6f153aebea1bf4jorton
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d266c3777146d36a4c23c17aad6f153aebea1bf4jorton Description of this functions purpose<br />
d266c3777146d36a4c23c17aad6f153aebea1bf4jorton @param parameter_name description<br />
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22f8da8087791fcb95b836c8a81937c5a9bba202bnicholes require a <code>deffunc</code>. An example (using &amp;gt; rather
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d5b12fe8ae917e654a33247fd4e59dc9e75170aebnicholes /**<br />
d5b12fe8ae917e654a33247fd4e59dc9e75170aebnicholes &nbsp;* return the final element of the pathname<br />
0568280364eb026393be492ebc732795c4934643jorton &nbsp;* @param pathname The path to get the final element of<br />
0568280364eb026393be492ebc732795c4934643jorton &nbsp;* @return the final element of the path<br />
0568280364eb026393be492ebc732795c4934643jorton &nbsp;* @tip Examples:<br />
0568280364eb026393be492ebc732795c4934643jorton &nbsp;* &lt;pre&gt;<br />
0568280364eb026393be492ebc732795c4934643jorton &nbsp;* "/foo/bar/gum" -&amp;gt; "gum"<br />
0568280364eb026393be492ebc732795c4934643jorton &nbsp;* "/foo/bar/gum/" -&amp;gt; ""<br />
0568280364eb026393be492ebc732795c4934643jorton &nbsp;* "gum" -&amp;gt; "gum"<br />
0568280364eb026393be492ebc732795c4934643jorton &nbsp;* "wi\\n32\\stuff" -&amp;gt; "stuff"<br />
0568280364eb026393be492ebc732795c4934643jorton &nbsp;* &lt;/pre&gt;<br />
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