title: Is there any value to "boilerplate comments?"
body: <p>In an application that makes use of Hibernate we have several entity classes which map to tables in the database schema. I have seen entities which a lot of seemingly useless JavaDoc comments and can't help but wonder if there's any usefulness there at all. </p>
  
  <p>Is there any value to these brain-dead comments? And if not, can you make an argument for its removal?</p>
  
  <pre><code>/**
   * MyClass entity.
   */
  @Entity
  @Table(name="my_class")
  public class MyClass {
  
      // Fields
  
      /** The id. */
      private Integer id;
  
      /** The name. */
      private String name;
  
  ...
  
      // Constructors
  
      /**
       * default constructor.
       */
      public MyClass() {
      }
  
  ...
  
      // Property accessors
      /**
       * Gets the id.
       *
       * @return the id
       */
      @Id
      @GeneratedValue(strategy = IDENTITY)
      @Column(name = "id", unique = true, nullable = false)
      public Integer getId() {
          return this.id;
      }
  
      /**
       * Sets the id.
       *
       * @param id
       *            the new id
       */
      public void setId(Integer id) {
          this.id = id;
      }
  
  ...
  
  }
  </code></pre>