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I’m using a java class which is written by someone else but I have added my own code to that class. When Java docing do I still use @author tag or is a there a different one which I am supposed to use?
Basically @author is redundant information as the exact information should be present in the source repository.
When published to a web page, however, that information is usually unavailable and the @author tags provides the primary contact person(s) for that code. If you think you should be amongst those, then put your name in. If not, don’t.
It does not fulfill a technical need, but a social need.