Remove @example.

README.md

@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ dartdoc:
       markdown: doc/Second.md
       name: Great
   categoryOrder: ["First Category", "Second Category"]
-  examplePathPrefix: 'subdir/with/examples'
   includeExternal: ['bin/unusually_located_library.dart']
   nodoc: ['lib/sekret/*.dart']
   linkTo:
@@ -150,8 +149,6 @@ Unrecognized options will be ignored.  Supported options:
     defined in dartdoc_options.yaml, those declared categories in the source code will be invisible.
   * **categoryOrder**:  Specify the order of topics for display in the sidebar and
     the package page.
-  * **examplePathPrefix**: Specify the location of the example directory for resolving `@example`
-    directives.
   * **exclude**:  Specify a list of library names to avoid generating docs for,
     overriding any specified in include.  All libraries listed must be local to this package, unlike
     the command line `--exclude`.  See also `nodoc`.

doc/directives.md

@@ -28,27 +28,6 @@ own documentation page, listing all of the categorized elements.
 
 TODO(srawlins): Document.
 
-## `{@example}` - Examples (deprecated)
-
-Examples from the file system can be inlined by using the `{@example}`
-directive. The file path, the region, and the example language can all be
-specified with the following syntax:
-
-```none
-/// {@example PATH [region=NAME] [lang=NAME]}
-```
-
-All example file names must have the extension, `.md`, and this extension must
-not be specified in the example `PATH`. `PATH` must be specified as a relative
-path from the root of the project for which documentation is being generated.
-Given `dir/file.dart` as `PATH`, an example will be extracted from
-`dir/file.dart.md`, relative to the project root directory.
-
-During doc generation, dartdoc will replace the `{@example}` directive with the
-contents of the example file, verbatim.
-
-TODO(srawlins): Document region, lang, `--example-path-prefix`.
-
 ## `{@inject-html}` - Injected HTML
 
 HTML can be rendered unmodified by including it between `{@inject-html}` and

lib/src/dartdoc_options.dart

@@ -1293,10 +1293,6 @@ class DartdocOptionContext extends DartdocOptionContextBase
   CategoryConfiguration get categories =>
       optionSet['categories'].valueAt(context);
 
-  // TODO(srawlins): Remove when we remove support for `{@example}`.
-  String? get examplePathPrefix =>
-      optionSet['examplePathPrefix'].valueAt(context);
-
   // TODO(srawlins): This memoization saved a lot of time in unit testing, but
   // is the first value in this class to be memoized. Memoize others?
   late final Set<String> exclude =
@@ -1554,12 +1550,6 @@ List<DartdocOption> createDartdocOptions(
         convertYamlToType: CategoryConfiguration.fromYamlMap,
         help: 'A list of all categories, their display names, and markdown '
             'documentation in the order they are to be displayed.'),
-    // TODO(srawlins): Remove when we remove support for `{@example}`.
-    DartdocOptionArgFile<String?>('examplePathPrefix', null, resourceProvider,
-        optionIs: OptionKind.dir,
-        help: '(deprecated) Prefix for @example paths; defaults to the project '
-            'root.',
-        mustExist: true),
     DartdocOptionArgFile<List<String>>('exclude', [], resourceProvider,
         help: 'Names of libraries to exclude from documentation.',
         splitCommas: true),

lib/src/generator/templates.runtime_renderers.dart

@@ -16097,7 +16097,6 @@ const _invisibleGetters = {
     'categories',
     'categoryOrder',
     'context',
-    'examplePathPrefix',
     'exclude',
     'excludeFooterVersion',
     'flutterRoot',

lib/src/model/documentation_comment.dart

@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ final _htmlPattern =
 final _basicToolPattern =
     RegExp(r'[ ]*{@tool\s+([^\s}][^}]*)}\n?([^]+?)\n?{@end-tool}[ ]*\n?');
 
-final _examplePattern = RegExp(r'{@example\s+([^\s}][^}]*)}');
-
 final _macroRegExp = RegExp(r'{@macro\s+([^\s}][^}]*)}');
 
 final _htmlInjectRegExp = RegExp(r'<dartdoc-html>([a-f0-9]+)</dartdoc-html>');
@@ -97,7 +95,6 @@ mixin DocumentationComment
   String _processCommentWithoutTools(String documentationComment) {
     var docs = stripComments(documentationComment);
     if (docs.contains('{@')) {
-      docs = _injectExamples(docs);
       docs = _injectYouTube(docs);
       docs = _injectAnimations(docs);
       // TODO(srawlins): Processing templates here causes #2281. But leaving
@@ -126,7 +123,6 @@ mixin DocumentationComment
       return docs;
     }
     _checkForUnknownDirectives(docs);
-    docs = _injectExamples(docs);
     docs = _injectYouTube(docs);
     docs = _injectAnimations(docs);
     docs = _stripMacroTemplatesAndAddToIndex(docs);
@@ -147,7 +143,6 @@ mixin DocumentationComment
     'end-inject-html',
     'end-tool',
     'endtemplate',
-    'example',
     'macro',
     'inject-html',
     'template',
@@ -284,105 +279,6 @@ mixin DocumentationComment
         .cast<String, String>();
   }
 
-  /// Replace &#123;@example ...&#125; in API comments with the content of named file.
-  ///
-  /// Syntax:
-  ///
-  ///     &#123;@example PATH [region=NAME] [lang=NAME]&#125;
-  ///
-  /// If PATH is `dir/file.ext` and region is `r` then we'll look for the file
-  /// named `dir/file-r.ext.md`, relative to the project root directory of the
-  /// project for which the docs are being generated.
-  ///
-  /// Examples: (escaped in this comment to show literal values in dartdoc's
-  ///            dartdoc)
-  ///
-  ///     &#123;@example examples/angular/quickstart/web/main.dart&#125;
-  ///     &#123;@example abc/def/xyz_component.dart region=template lang=html&#125;
-  ///
-  String _injectExamples(String rawdocs) {
-    final dirPath = package.packageMeta.dir.path;
-    return rawdocs.replaceAllMapped(_examplePattern, (match) {
-      var args = _getExampleArgs(match[1]!);
-      if (args == null) {
-        // Already warned about an invalid parameter if this happens.
-        return '';
-      }
-      warn(
-        PackageWarning.deprecated,
-        message:
-            "The '@example' directive is deprecated, and will soon no longer "
-            'be supported.',
-      );
-      var lang = args['lang'] ??
-          pathContext.extension(args['src']!).replaceFirst('.', '');
-
-      var replacement = match[0]!; // default to fully matched string.
-
-      var fragmentFile = packageGraph.resourceProvider.getFile(
-          pathContext.canonicalize(pathContext.join(dirPath, args['file'])));
-
-      if (fragmentFile.exists) {
-        replacement = fragmentFile.readAsStringSync();
-        if (lang.isNotEmpty) {
-          replacement = replacement.replaceFirst('```', '```$lang');
-        }
-      } else {
-        var filePath = element.source!.fullName.substring(dirPath.length + 1);
-
-        // TODO(srawlins): If a file exists at the location without the
-        // appended 'md' extension, note this.
-        warn(PackageWarning.missingExampleFile,
-            message: '${fragmentFile.path}; path listed at $filePath');
-      }
-      return replacement;
-    });
-  }
-
-  /// An argument parser used in [_getExampleArgs] to parse an `{@example}`
-  /// directive.
-  static final ArgParser _exampleArgParser = ArgParser()
-    ..addOption('lang')
-    ..addOption('region');
-
-  /// Helper for [_injectExamples] used to process `@example` arguments.
-  ///
-  /// Returns a map of arguments. The first unnamed argument will have key
-  /// 'src'. The computed file path, constructed from 'src' and 'region' will
-  /// have key 'file'.
-  Map<String, String?>? _getExampleArgs(String argsAsString) {
-    var results = _parseArgs(argsAsString, _exampleArgParser, 'example');
-    if (results == null) {
-      return null;
-    }
-
-    // Extract PATH and fix the path separators.
-    var src = results.rest.isEmpty
-        ? ''
-        : results.rest.first.replaceAll('/', pathContext.separator);
-    var args = <String, String?>{
-      'src': src,
-      'lang': results['lang'],
-      'region': results['region'] ?? '',
-    };
-
-    // Compute 'file' from region and src.
-    final fragExtension = '.md';
-    var file = src + fragExtension;
-    var region = args['region'] ?? '';
-    if (region.isNotEmpty) {
-      var dir = pathContext.dirname(src);
-      var basename = pathContext.basenameWithoutExtension(src);
-      var ext = pathContext.extension(src);
-      file = pathContext.join(dir, '$basename-$region$ext$fragExtension');
-    }
-    var examplePathPrefix = config.examplePathPrefix;
-    args['file'] = examplePathPrefix == null
-        ? file
-        : pathContext.join(examplePathPrefix, file);
-    return args;
-  }
-
   /// Matches all youtube directives (even some invalid ones). This is so
   /// we can give good error messages if the directive is malformed, instead of
   /// just silently emitting it as-is.

lib/src/model/package_graph.dart

@@ -459,7 +459,6 @@ class PackageGraph with CommentReferable, Nameable {
       PackageWarning.invalidParameter ||
       PackageWarning.toolError ||
       PackageWarning.deprecated ||
-      PackageWarning.missingExampleFile ||
       PackageWarning.missingCodeBlockLanguage =>
         kind.messageFor([message])
     };

lib/src/warnings.dart

@@ -279,13 +279,6 @@ enum PackageWarning implements Comparable<PackageWarning> {
     'deprecated dartdoc usage: {0}',
     shortHelp: 'A dartdoc directive has a deprecated format.',
   ),
-  missingExampleFile(
-    'missing-example-file',
-    'example file not found: {0}',
-    shortHelp:
-        "A file which is indicated by an '{@example}' directive could not be "
-        'found',
-  ),
   missingCodeBlockLanguage(
     'missing-code-block-language',
     'missing code block language: {0}',