what is the top portion of a java method called
<p>I can't recall what the top portion of a method is called, the portion that will show up when you mouse over a method, for example, the default top portion of a doPost method in a servlet is: </p>

<pre><code>  /**
 * Handles the HTTP &lt;code&gt;POST&lt;/code&gt; method.
 *
 * @param   request   servlet request
 * @param   response  servlet response
 *
 * @throws  ServletException  DOCUMENT ME!
 * @throws  IOException       DOCUMENT ME!
 */
</code></pre>

<p>what is this top portion referred to as? </p>
