How to write Multiline comments in Java

In this tutorial, we are going to learn about how to write a multiline comments in Java.

In Java, we can write a single-line comment by using the two forward slashes// followed by the comment.

// this is a single line comment

Multiline comments

Multiline comments in Java starts with /* and ends with */.

Any text we can add between /* and */ is ignored by the java compiler

Here is an example:

/*you can see mee
in multiple lines*/

In the eclipse code editor, we can use the following keyboard shortcut to comment multiple lines.

Ctrl + Shift + /