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In Java documentation, you often see comments that begin with a slash and two asterisks, and continue with a column of asterisks down the left side:

/** 
 * A documentation comment 
 * with a left column filled 
 * with asterisks 
 */ 

Such comments are designed to be noted and processed by programs that prepare documentation for display in web browsers.