How does the javadoc know which method each documentation comment is for?

(?P<comment>/\*\*(?:(?!/\*\*).)*?\*/)(?:(?:(?!\*/).)*?)(?=public boolean methodX)

{@link ClassName#fieldName Text to display}

@see ClassName#fieldName Text to display

/**
 * Important to know that...
 */
private static final byte IMPORTANT_NOTE = 0;

/**
 * Before making changes, see {@link #IMPORTANT_NOTE Important note}.
 */
public void myMethod() {}

/**
 * @see #IMPORTANT_NOTE Important to check this!
 */
public void myMethod2() {}

private static final String IMPORTANT_NOTE = "Important to know that...";

/**
 * See this important note: {@value #IMPORTANT_NOTE}
 */
public void myMethod() {}

     *         return false otherwise

import re

# Javascript content loading
JSF = open("your_js_file.js", 'r')

js_content = JSF.read()

# We split the script into lines, and then we'll loop through the array
lineiterator = iter(js_content.splitlines())

# This boolean marks if we are or not in a "tags" part
in_tags = False

for line in lineiterator:
    # If we matched a line with a word starting with "@",
    # Then we entered into a "tags" section
    if re.search("@\w+", line) is not None :
        in_tags = True
    # If we matched a closing comment mark, then we left
    # The "tags" section (or never entered into it)
    if re.search("\*/",line) is not None:
        in_tags = False
    if not in_tags:
        print(line)

package com.java.escapesequence;

/**
 * 
 * @author udaykiranp
 * 
 * </br>
 *
 *  <img src="{@docRoot}/../resources/images/java-basic-ASCII Table.png" />
 *  @see <a href="../../../../resources/images/java-basic-ASCII Table.png">java-basic-ASCII Table.png</a>
 */
public class CharSequence {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println((char) 33);
        System.out.println((char)0x2B);//hexa decimal start with 0x
        System.out.println((char)056);//octa decimal start with 0
    }
}