luci-base: luci.js, rpc.js, uci.js, network.js: add JSDoc annotations

Signed-off-by: Jo-Philipp Wich <jo@mein.io>

4 files changed, 4045 insertions, 30 deletions

diff --git a/modules/luci-base/htdocs/luci-static/resources/luci.js b/modules/luci-base/htdocs/luci-static/resources/luci.js
index 4e3c8445a9..cad7208532 100644
--- a/modules/luci-base/htdocs/luci-static/resources/luci.js
+++ b/modules/luci-base/htdocs/luci-static/resources/luci.js
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+/**
+ * @class LuCI
+ * @classdesc
+ *
+ * This is the LuCI base class. It is automatically instantiated and
+ * accessible using the global `L` variable.
+ *
+ * @param {Object} env
+ * The environment settings to use for the LuCI runtime.
+ */
+
 (function(window, document, undefined) {
 	'use strict';
 
@@ -45,7 +56,34 @@
 		return s.replace(/(?:^|[\. -])(.)/g, function(m0, m1) { return m1.toUpperCase() });
 	};
 
+	/**
+	 * @class Class
+	 * @hideconstructor
+	 * @memberof LuCI
+	 * @classdesc
+	 *
+	 * `LuCI.Class` is the abstract base class all LuCI classes inherit from.
+	 *
+	 * It provides simple means to create subclasses of given classes and
+	 * implements prototypal inheritance.
+	 */
 	var superContext = null, Class = Object.assign(function() {}, {
+		/**
+		 * Extends this base class with the properties described in
+		 * `properties` and returns a new subclassed Class instance
+		 *
+		 * @memberof LuCI.Class
+		 *
+		 * @param {Object<string, *>} properties
+		 * An object describing the properties to add to the new
+		 * subclass.
+		 *
+		 * @returns {LuCI.Class}
+		 * Returns a new LuCI.Class sublassed from this class, extended
+		 * by the given properties and with its prototype set to this base
+		 * class to enable inheritance. The resulting value represents a
+		 * class constructor and can be instantiated with `new`.
+		 */
 		extend: function(properties) {
 			var props = {
 				__base__: { value: this.prototype },
@@ -79,16 +117,61 @@
 			return ClassConstructor;
 		},
 
+		/**
+		 * Extends this base class with the properties described in
+		 * `properties`, instantiates the resulting subclass using
+		 * the additional optional arguments passed to this function
+		 * and returns the resulting subclassed Class instance.
+		 *
+		 * This function serves as a convenience shortcut for
+		 * {@link LuCI.Class.extend Class.extend()} and subsequent
+		 * `new`.
+		 *
+		 * @memberof LuCI.Class
+		 *
+		 * @param {Object<string, *>} properties
+		 * An object describing the properties to add to the new
+		 * subclass.
+		 *
+		 * @param {...*} [new_args]
+		 * Specifies arguments to be passed to the subclass constructor
+		 * as-is in order to instantiate the new subclass.
+		 *
+		 * @returns {LuCI.Class}
+		 * Returns a new LuCI.Class instance extended by the given
+		 * properties with its prototype set to this base class to
+		 * enable inheritance.
+		 */
 		singleton: function(properties /*, ... */) {
 			return Class.extend(properties)
 				.instantiate(Class.prototype.varargs(arguments, 1));
 		},
 
+		/**
+		 * Calls the class constructor using `new` with the given argument
+		 * array being passed as variadic parameters to the constructor.
+		 *
+		 * @memberof LuCI.Class
+		 *
+		 * @param {Array<*>} params
+		 * An array of arbitrary values which will be passed as arguments
+		 * to the constructor function.
+		 *
+		 * @param {...*} [new_args]
+		 * Specifies arguments to be passed to the subclass constructor
+		 * as-is in order to instantiate the new subclass.
+		 *
+		 * @returns {LuCI.Class}
+		 * Returns a new LuCI.Class instance extended by the given
+		 * properties with its prototype set to this base class to
+		 * enable inheritance.
+		 */
 		instantiate: function(args) {
 			return new (Function.prototype.bind.apply(this,
 				Class.prototype.varargs(args, 0, null)))();
 		},
 
+		/* unused */
 		call: function(self, method) {
 			if (typeof(this.prototype[method]) != 'function')
 				throw new ReferenceError(method + ' is not defined in class');
@@ -96,18 +179,91 @@
 			return this.prototype[method].apply(self, self.varargs(arguments, 1));
 		},
 
-		isSubclass: function(_class) {
-			return (_class != null &&
-			        typeof(_class) == 'function' &&
-			        _class.prototype instanceof this);
+		/**
+		 * Checks whether the given class value is a subclass of this class.
+		 *
+		 * @memberof LuCI.Class
+		 *
+		 * @param {LuCI.Class} classValue
+		 * The class object to test.
+		 *
+		 * @returns {boolean}
+		 * Returns `true` when the given `classValue` is a subclass of this
+		 * class or `false` if the given value is not a valid class or not
+		 * a subclass of this class'.
+		 */
+		isSubclass: function(classValue) {
+			return (classValue != null &&
+			        typeof(classValue) == 'function' &&
+			        classValue.prototype instanceof this);
 		},
 
 		prototype: {
+			/**
+			 * Extract all values from the given argument array beginning from
+			 * `offset` and prepend any further given optional parameters to
+			 * the beginning of the resulting array copy.
+			 *
+			 * @memberof LuCI.Class
+			 * @instance
+			 *
+			 * @param {Array<*>} args
+			 * The array to extract the values from.
+			 *
+			 * @param {number} offset
+			 * The offset from which to extract the values. An offset of `0`
+			 * would copy all values till the end.
+			 *
+			 * @param {...*} [extra_args]
+			 * Extra arguments to add to prepend to the resultung array.
+			 *
+			 * @returns {Array<*>}
+			 * Returns a new array consisting of the optional extra arguments
+			 * and the values extracted from the `args` array beginning with
+			 * `offset`.
+			 */
 			varargs: function(args, offset /*, ... */) {
 				return Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 2)
 					.concat(Array.prototype.slice.call(args, offset));
 			},
 
+			/**
+			 * Walks up the parent class chain and looks for a class member
+			 * called `key` in any of the parent classes this class inherits
+			 * from. Returns the member value of the superclass or calls the
+			 * member as function and returns its return value when the
+			 * optional `callArgs` array is given.
+			 *
+			 * This function has two signatures and is sensitive to the
+			 * amount of arguments passed to it:
+			 *  - `super('key')` -
+			 *    Returns the value of `key` when found within one of the
+			 *    parent classes.
+			 *  - `super('key', ['arg1', 'arg2'])` -
+			 *    Calls the `key()` method with parameters `arg1` and `arg2`
+			 *    when found within one of the parent classes.
+			 *
+			 * @memberof LuCI.Class
+			 * @instance
+			 *
+			 * @param {string} key
+			 * The name of the superclass member to retrieve.
+			 *
+			 * @param {Array<*>} [callArgs]
+			 * An optional array of function call parameters to use. When
+			 * this parameter is specified, the found member value is called
+			 * as function using the values of this array as arguments.
+			 *
+			 * @throws {ReferenceError}
+			 * Throws a `ReferenceError` when `callArgs` are specified and
+			 * the found member named by `key` is not a function value.
+			 *
+			 * @returns {*|null}
+			 * Returns the value of the found member or the return value of
+			 * the call to the found method. Returns `null` when no member
+			 * was found in the parent class chain or when the call to the
+			 * superclass method returned `null`.
+			 */
 			super: function(key, callArgs) {
 				for (superContext = Object.getPrototypeOf(superContext ||
 				                                          Object.getPrototypeOf(this));
@@ -134,6 +290,14 @@
 				return res;
 			},
 
+			/**
+			 * Returns a string representation of this class.
+			 *
+			 * @returns {string}
+			 * Returns a string representation of this class containing the
+			 * constructor functions `displayName` and describing the class
+			 * members and their respective types.
+			 */
 			toString: function() {
 				var s = '[' + this.constructor.displayName + ']', f = true;
 				for (var k in this) {
@@ -148,11 +312,16 @@
 	});
 
 
-	/*
-	 * HTTP Request helper
+	/**
+	 * @class
+	 * @memberof LuCI
+	 * @hideconstructor
+	 * @classdesc
+	 *
+	 * The `Headers` class is an internal utility class exposed in HTTP
+	 * response objects using the `response.headers` property.
 	 */
-
-	var Headers = Class.extend({
+	var Headers = Class.extend(/** @lends LuCI.Headers.prototype */ {
 		__name__: 'LuCI.XHR.Headers',
 		__init__: function(xhr) {
 			var hdrs = this.headers = {};
@@ -163,25 +332,106 @@
 			});
 		},
 
+		/**
+		 * Checks whether the given header name is present.
+		 * Note: Header-Names are case-insensitive.
+		 *
+		 * @instance
+		 * @memberof LuCI.Headers
+		 * @param {string} name
+		 * The header name to check
+		 *
+		 * @returns {boolean}
+		 * Returns `true` if the header name is present, `false` otherwise
+		 */
 		has: function(name) {
 			return this.headers.hasOwnProperty(String(name).toLowerCase());
 		},
 
+		/**
+		 * Returns the value of the given header name.
+		 * Note: Header-Names are case-insensitive.
+		 *
+		 * @instance
+		 * @memberof LuCI.Headers
+		 * @param {string} name
+		 * The header name to read
+		 *
+		 * @returns {string|null}
+		 * The value of the given header name or `null` if the header isn't present.
+		 */
 		get: function(name) {
 			var key = String(name).toLowerCase();
 			return this.headers.hasOwnProperty(key) ? this.headers[key] : null;
 		}
 	});
 
+	/**
+	 * @class
+	 * @memberof LuCI
+	 * @hideconstructor
+	 * @classdesc
+	 *
+	 * The `Response` class is an internal utility class representing HTTP responses.
+	 */
 	var Response = Class.extend({
 		__name__: 'LuCI.XHR.Response',
 		__init__: function(xhr, url, duration, headers, content) {
+			/**
+			 * Describes whether the response is successful (status codes `200..299`) or not
+			 * @instance
+			 * @memberof LuCI.Response
+			 * @name ok
+			 * @type {boolean}
+			 */
 			this.ok = (xhr.status >= 200 && xhr.status <= 299);
+
+			/**
+			 * The numeric HTTP status code of the response
+			 * @instance
+			 * @memberof LuCI.Response
+			 * @name status
+			 * @type {number}
+			 */
 			this.status = xhr.status;
+
+			/**
+			 * The HTTP status description message of the response
+			 * @instance
+			 * @memberof LuCI.Response
+			 * @name statusText
+			 * @type {string}
+			 */
 			this.statusText = xhr.statusText;
+
+			/**
+			 * The HTTP headers of the response
+			 * @instance
+			 * @memberof LuCI.Response
+			 * @name headers
+			 * @type {LuCI.Headers}
+			 */
 			this.headers = (headers != null) ? headers : new Headers(xhr);
+
+			/**
+			 * The total duration of the HTTP request in milliseconds
+			 * @instance
+			 * @memberof LuCI.Response
+			 * @name duration
+			 * @type {number}
+			 */
 			this.duration = duration;
+
+			/**
+			 * The final URL of the request, i.e. after following redirects.
+			 * @instance
+			 * @memberof LuCI.Response
+			 * @name url
+			 * @type {string}
+			 */
 			this.url = url;
+
+			/* privates */
 			this.xhr = xhr;
 
 			if (content != null && typeof(content) == 'object') {
@@ -198,6 +448,20 @@
 			}
 		},
 
+		/**
+		 * Clones the given response object, optionally overriding the content
+		 * of the cloned instance.
+		 *
+		 * @instance
+		 * @memberof LuCI.Response
+		 * @param {*} [content]
+		 * Override the content of the cloned response. Object values will be
+		 * treated as JSON response data, all other types will be converted
+		 * using `String()` and treated as response text.
+		 *
+		 * @returns {LuCI.Response}
+		 * The cloned `Response` instance.
+		 */
 		clone: function(content) {
 			var copy = new Response(this.xhr, this.url, this.duration, this.headers, content);
 
@@ -208,6 +472,17 @@
 			return copy;
 		},
 
+		/**
+		 * Access the response content as JSON data.
+		 *
+		 * @instance
+		 * @memberof LuCI.Response
+		 * @throws {SyntaxError}
+		 * Throws `SyntaxError` if the content isn't valid JSON.
+		 *
+		 * @returns {*}
+		 * The parsed JSON data.
+		 */
 		json: function() {
 			if (this.responseJSON == null)
 				this.responseJSON = JSON.parse(this.responseText);
@@ -215,6 +490,14 @@
 			return this.responseJSON;
 		},
 
+		/**
+		 * Access the response content as string.
+		 *
+		 * @instance
+		 * @memberof LuCI.Response
+		 * @returns {string}
+		 * The response content.
+		 */
 		text: function() {
 			if (this.responseText == null && this.responseJSON != null)
 				this.responseText = JSON.stringify(this.responseJSON);
@@ -274,11 +557,32 @@
 		});
 	}
 
-	var Request = Class.singleton({
+	/**
+	 * @class
+	 * @memberof LuCI
+	 * @hideconstructor
+	 * @classdesc
+	 *
+	 * The `Request` class allows initiating HTTP requests and provides utilities
+	 * for dealing with responses.
+	 */
+	var Request = Class.singleton(/** @lends LuCI.Request.prototype */ {
 		__name__: 'LuCI.Request',
 
 		interceptors: [],
 
+		/**
+		 * Turn the given relative URL into an absolute URL if necessary.
+		 *
+		 * @instance
+		 * @memberof LuCI.Request
+		 * @param {string} url
+		 * The URL to convert.
+		 *
+		 * @returns {string}
+		 * The absolute URL derived from the given one, or the original URL
+		 * if it already was absolute.
+		 */
 		expandURL: function(url) {
 			if (!/^(?:[^/]+:)?\/\//.test(url))
 				url = location.protocol + '//' + location.host + url;
@@ -286,6 +590,61 @@
 			return url;
 		},
 
+		/**
+		 * @typedef {Object} RequestOptions
+		 * @memberof LuCI.Request
+		 *
+		 * @property {string} [method=GET]
+		 * The HTTP method to use, e.g. `GET` or `POST`.
+		 *
+		 * @property {Object<string, Object|string>} [query]
+		 * Query string data to append to the URL. Non-string values of the
+		 * given object will be converted to JSON.
+		 *
+		 * @property {boolean} [cache=false]
+		 * Specifies whether the HTTP response may be retrieved from cache.
+		 *
+		 * @property {string} [username]
+		 * Provides a username for HTTP basic authentication.
+		 *
+		 * @property {string} [password]
+		 * Provides a password for HTTP basic authentication.
+		 *
+		 * @property {number} [timeout]
+		 * Specifies the request timeout in seconds.
+		 *
+		 * @property {boolean} [credentials=false]
+		 * Whether to include credentials such as cookies in the request.
+		 *
+		 * @property {*} [content]
+		 * Specifies the HTTP message body to send along with the request.
+		 * If the value is a function, it is invoked and the return value
+		 * used as content, if it is a FormData instance, it is used as-is,
+		 * if it is an object, it will be converted to JSON, in all other
+		 * cases it is converted to a string.
+		 *
+	     * @property {Object<string, string>} [header]
+	     * Specifies HTTP headers to set for the request.
+	     *
+	     * @property {function} [progress]
+	     * An optional request callback function which receives ProgressEvent
+	     * instances as sole argument during the HTTP request transfer.
+		 */
+
+		/**
+		 * Initiate an HTTP request to the given target.
+		 *
+		 * @instance
+		 * @memberof LuCI.Request
+		 * @param {string} target
+		 * The URL to request.
+		 *
+		 * @param {LuCI.Request.RequestOptions} [options]
+		 * Additional options to configure the request.
+		 *
+		 * @returns {Promise<LuCI.Response>}
+		 * The resulting HTTP response.
+		 */
 		request: function(target, options) {
 			var state = { xhr: new XMLHttpRequest(), url: this.expandURL(target), start: Date.now() },
 			    opt = Object.assign({}, options, state),
@@ -421,20 +780,86 @@
 			}
 		},
 
+		/**
+		 * Initiate an HTTP GET request to the given target.
+		 *
+		 * @instance
+		 * @memberof LuCI.Request
+		 * @param {string} target
+		 * The URL to request.
+		 *
+		 * @param {LuCI.Request.RequestOptions} [options]
+		 * Additional options to configure the request.
+		 *
+		 * @returns {Promise<LuCI.Response>}
+		 * The resulting HTTP response.
+		 */
 		get: function(url, options) {
 			return this.request(url, Object.assign({ method: 'GET' }, options));
 		},
 
+		/**
+		 * Initiate an HTTP POST request to the given target.
+		 *
+		 * @instance
+		 * @memberof LuCI.Request
+		 * @param {string} target
+		 * The URL to request.
+		 *
+		 * @param {*} [data]
+		 * The request data to send, see {@link LuCI.Request.RequestOptions} for details.
+		 *
+		 * @param {LuCI.Request.RequestOptions} [options]
+		 * Additional options to configure the request.
+		 *
+		 * @returns {Promise<LuCI.Response>}
+		 * The resulting HTTP response.
+		 */
 		post: function(url, data, options) {
 			return this.request(url, Object.assign({ method: 'POST', content: data }, options));
 		},
 
+		/**
+		 * Interceptor functions are invoked whenever an HTTP reply is received, in the order
+		 * these functions have been registered.
+		 * @callback LuCI.Request.interceptorFn
+		 * @param {LuCI.Response} res
+		 * The HTTP response object
+		 */
+
+		/**
+		 * Register an HTTP response interceptor function. Interceptor
+		 * functions are useful to perform default actions on incoming HTTP
+		 * responses, such as checking for expired authentication or for
+		 * implementing request retries before returning a failure.
+		 *
+		 * @instance
+		 * @memberof LuCI.Request
+		 * @param {LuCI.Request.interceptorFn} interceptorFn
+		 * The interceptor function to register.
+		 *
+		 * @returns {LuCI.Request.interceptorFn}
+		 * The registered function.
+		 */
 		addInterceptor: function(interceptorFn) {
 			if (typeof(interceptorFn) == 'function')
 				this.interceptors.push(interceptorFn);
 			return interceptorFn;
 		},
 
+		/**
+		 * Remove an HTTP response interceptor function. The passed function
+		 * value must be the very same value that was used to register the
+		 * function.
+		 *
+		 * @instance
+		 * @memberof LuCI.Request
+		 * @param {LuCI.Request.interceptorFn} interceptorFn
+		 * The interceptor function to remove.
+		 *
+		 * @returns {boolean}
+		 * Returns `true` if any function has been removed, else `false`.
+		 */
 		removeInterceptor: function(interceptorFn) {
 			var oldlen = this.interceptors.length, i = oldlen;
 			while (i--)
@@ -443,7 +868,59 @@
 			return (this.interceptors.length < oldlen);
 		},
 
+		/**
+		 * @class
+		 * @memberof LuCI.Request
+		 * @hideconstructor
+		 * @classdesc
+		 *
+		 * The `Request.poll` class provides some convience wrappers around
+		 * {@link LuCI.Poll} mainly to simplify registering repeating HTTP
+		 * request calls as polling functions.
+		 */
 		poll: {
+			/**
+			 * The callback function is invoked whenever an HTTP reply to a
+			 * polled request is received or when the polled request timed
+			 * out.
+			 *
+			 * @callback LuCI.Request.poll~callbackFn
+			 * @param {LuCI.Response} res
+			 * The HTTP response object.
+			 *
+			 * @param {*} data
+			 * The response JSON if the response could be parsed as such,
+			 * else `null`.
+			 *
+			 * @param {number} duration
+			 * The total duration of the request in milliseconds.
+			 */
+
+			/**
+			 * Register a repeating HTTP request with an optional callback
+			 * to invoke whenever a response for the request is received.
+			 *
+			 * @instance
+			 * @memberof LuCI.Request.poll
+			 * @param {number} interval
+			 * The poll interval in seconds.
+			 *
+			 * @param {string} url
+			 * The URL to request on each poll.
+			 *
+			 * @param {LuCI.Request.RequestOptions} [options]
+			 * Additional options to configure the request.
+			 *
+			 * @param {LuCI.Request.poll~callbackFn} [callback]
+			 * {@link LuCI.Request.poll~callbackFn Callback} function to
+			 * invoke for each HTTP reply.
+			 *
+			 * @throws {TypeError}
+			 * Throws `TypeError` when an invalid interval was passed.
+			 *
+			 * @returns {function}
+			 * Returns the internally created poll function.
+			 */
 			add: function(interval, url, options, callback) {
 				if (isNaN(interval) || interval <= 0)
 					throw new TypeError('Invalid poll interval');
@@ -451,7 +928,7 @@
 				var ival = interval >>> 0,
 				    opts = Object.assign({}, options, { timeout: ival * 1000 - 5 });
 
-				return Poll.add(function() {
+				var fn = function() {
 					return Request.request(url, options).then(function(res) {
 						if (!Poll.active())
 							return;
@@ -463,21 +940,86 @@
 							callback(res, null, res.duration);
 						}
 					});
-				}, ival);
+				};
+
+				return (Poll.add(fn, ival) ? fn : null);
 			},
 
+			/**
+			 * Remove a polling request that has been previously added using `add()`.
+			 * This function is essentially a wrapper around
+			 * {@link LuCI.Poll.remove LuCI.Poll.remove()}.
+			 *
+			 * @instance
+			 * @memberof LuCI.Request.poll
+			 * @param {function} entry
+			 * The poll function returned by {@link LuCI.Request.poll#add add()}.
+			 *
+			 * @returns {boolean}
+			 * Returns `true` if any function has been removed, else `false`.
+			 */
 			remove: function(entry) { return Poll.remove(entry) },
+
+			/**
+			  * Alias for {@link LuCI.Poll.start LuCI.Poll.start()}.
+			  *
+			  * @instance
+			  * @memberof LuCI.Request.poll
+			  */
 			start: function() { return Poll.start() },
+
+			/**
+			  * Alias for {@link LuCI.Poll.stop LuCI.Poll.stop()}.
+			  *
+			  * @instance
+			  * @memberof LuCI.Request.poll
+			  */
 			stop: function() { return Poll.stop() },
+
+			/**
+			  * Alias for {@link LuCI.Poll.active LuCI.Poll.active()}.
+			  *
+			  * @instance
+			  * @memberof LuCI.Request.poll
+			  */
 			active: function() { return Poll.active() }
 		}
 	});
 
-	var Poll = Class.singleton({
+	/**
+	 * @class
+	 * @memberof LuCI
+	 * @hideconstructor
+	 * @classdesc
+	 *
+	 * The `Poll` class allows registering and unregistering poll actions,
+	 * as well as starting, stopping and querying the state of the polling
+	 * loop.
+	 */
+	var Poll = Class.singleton(/** @lends LuCI.Poll.prototype */ {
 		__name__: 'LuCI.Poll',
 
 		queue: [],
 
+		/**
+		 * Add a new operation to the polling loop. If the polling loop is not
+		 * already started at this point, it will be implicitely started.
+		 *
+		 * @instance
+		 * @memberof LuCI.Poll
+		 * @param {function} fn
+		 * The function to invoke on each poll interval.
+		 *
+		 * @param {number} interval
+		 * The poll interval in seconds.
+		 *
+		 * @throws {TypeError}
+		 * Throws `TypeError` when an invalid interval was passed.
+		 *
+		 * @returns {boolean}
+		 * Returns `true` if the function has been added or `false` if it
+		 * already is registered.
+		 */
 		add: function(fn, interval) {
 			if (interval == null || interval <= 0)
 				interval = window.L ? window.L.env.pollinterval : null;
@@ -503,6 +1045,22 @@
 			return true;
 		},
 
+		/**
+		 * Remove an operation from the polling loop. If no further operatons
+		 * are registered, the polling loop is implicitely stopped.
+		 *
+		 * @instance
+		 * @memberof LuCI.Poll
+		 * @param {function} fn
+		 * The function to remove.
+		 *
+		 * @throws {TypeError}
+		 * Throws `TypeError` when the given argument isn't a function.
+		 *
+		 * @returns {boolean}
+		 * Returns `true` if the function has been removed or `false` if it
+		 * wasn't found.
+		 */
 		remove: function(fn) {
 			if (typeof(fn) != 'function')
 				throw new TypeError('Invalid argument to LuCI.Poll.remove()');
@@ -519,6 +1077,16 @@
 			return (this.queue.length != len);
 		},
 
+		/**
+		 * (Re)start the polling loop. Dispatches a custom `poll-start` event
+		 * to the `document` object upon successful start.
+		 *
+		 * @instance
+		 * @memberof LuCI.Poll
+		 * @returns {boolean}
+		 * Returns `true` if polling has been started (or if no functions
+		 * where registered) or `false` when the polling loop already runs.
+		 */
 		start: function() {
 			if (this.active())
 				return false;
@@ -534,6 +1102,16 @@
 			return true;
 		},
 
+		/**
+		 * Stop the polling loop. Dispatches a custom `poll-stop` event
+		 * to the `document` object upon successful stop.
+		 *
+		 * @instance
+		 * @memberof LuCI.Poll
+		 * @returns {boolean}
+		 * Returns `true` if polling has been stopped or `false` if it din't
+		 * run to begin with.
+		 */
 		stop: function() {
 			if (!this.active())
 				return false;
@@ -545,6 +1123,7 @@
 			return true;
 		},
 
+		/* private */
 		step: function() {
 			for (var i = 0, e = null; (e = Poll.queue[i]) != null; i++) {
 				if ((Poll.tick % e.i) != 0)
@@ -561,6 +1140,13 @@
 			Poll.tick = (Poll.tick + 1) % Math.pow(2, 32);
 		},
 
+		/**
+		 * Test whether the polling loop is running.
+		 *
+		 * @instance
+		 * @memberof LuCI.Poll
+		 * @returns {boolean} - Returns `true` if polling is active, else `false`.
+		 */
 		active: function() {
 			return (this.timer != null);
 		}
@@ -574,7 +1160,7 @@
 	    sysFeatures = null,
 	    classes = {};
 
-	var LuCI = Class.extend({
+	var LuCI = Class.extend(/** @lends LuCI.prototype */ {
 		__name__: 'LuCI',
 		__init__: function(env) {
 
@@ -621,6 +1207,30 @@
 			window.cbi_init = function() {};
 		},
 
+		/**
+		 * Captures the current stack trace and throws an error of the
+		 * specified type as a new exception. Also logs the exception as
+		 * error to the debug console if it is available.
+		 *
+		 * @instance
+		 * @memberof LuCI
+		 *
+		 * @param {Error|string} [type=Error]
+		 * Either a string specifying the type of the error to throw or an
+		 * existing `Error` instance to copy.
+		 *
+		 * @param {string} [fmt=Unspecified error]
+		 * A format string which is used to form the error message, together
+		 * with all subsequent optional arguments.
+		 *
+		 * @param {...*} [args]
+		 * Zero or more variable arguments to the supplied format string.
+		 *
+		 * @throws {Error}
+		 * Throws the created error object with the captured stack trace
+		 * appended to the message and the type set to the given type
+		 * argument or copied from the given error instance.
+		 */
 		raise: function(type, fmt /*, ...*/) {
 			var e = null,
 			    msg = fmt ? String.prototype.format.apply(fmt, this.varargs(arguments, 2)) : null,
@@ -663,6 +1273,30 @@
 			throw e;
 		},
 
+		/**
+		 * A wrapper around {@link LuCI#raise raise()} which also renders
+		 * the error either as modal overlay when `ui.js` is already loaed
+		 * or directly into the view body.
+		 *
+		 * @instance
+		 * @memberof LuCI
+		 *
+		 * @param {Error|string} [type=Error]
+		 * Either a string specifying the type of the error to throw or an
+		 * existing `Error` instance to copy.
+		 *
+		 * @param {string} [fmt=Unspecified error]
+		 * A format string which is used to form the error message, together
+		 * with all subsequent optional arguments.
+		 *
+		 * @param {...*} [args]
+		 * Zero or more variable arguments to the supplied format string.
+		 *
+		 * @throws {Error}
+		 * Throws the created error object with the captured stack trace
+		 * appended to the message and the type set to the given type
+		 * argument or copied from the given error instance.
+		 */
 		error: function(type, fmt /*, ...*/) {
 			try {
 				L.raise.apply(L, Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments));
@@ -683,11 +1317,65 @@
 			}
 		},
 
+		/**
+		 * Return a bound function using the given `self` as `this` context
+		 * and any further arguments as parameters to the bound function.
+		 *
+		 * @instance
+		 * @memberof LuCI
+		 *
+		 * @param {function} fn
+		 * The function to bind.
+		 *
+		 * @param {*} self
+		 * The value to bind as `this` context to the specified function.
+		 *
+		 * @param {...*} [args]
+		 * Zero or more variable arguments which are bound to the function
+		 * as parameters.
+		 *
+		 * @returns {function}
+		 * Returns the bound function.
+		 */
 		bind: function(fn, self /*, ... */) {
 			return Function.prototype.bind.apply(fn, this.varargs(arguments, 2, self));
 		},
 
-		/* Class require */
+		/**
+		 * Load an additional LuCI JavaScript class and its dependencies,
+		 * instantiate it and return the resulting class instance. Each
+		 * class is only loaded once. Subsequent attempts to load the same
+		 * class will return the already instantiated class.
+		 *
+		 * @instance
+		 * @memberof LuCI
+		 *
+		 * @param {string} name
+		 * The name of the class to load in dotted notation. Dots will
+		 * be replaced by spaces and joined with the runtime-determined
+		 * base URL of LuCI.js to form an absolute URL to load the class
+		 * file from.
+		 *
+		 * @throws {DependencyError}
+		 * Throws a `DependencyError` when the class to load includes
+		 * circular dependencies.
+		 *
+		 * @throws {NetworkError}
+		 * Throws `NetworkError` when the underlying {@link LuCI.Request}
+		 * call failed.
+		 *
+		 * @throws {SyntaxError}
+		 * Throws `SyntaxError` when the loaded class file code cannot
+		 * be interpreted by `eval`.
+		 *
+		 * @throws {TypeError}
+		 * Throws `TypeError` when the class file could be loaded and
+		 * interpreted, but when invoking its code did not yield a valid
+		 * class instance.
+		 *
+		 * @returns {Promise<LuCI#Class>}
+		 * Returns the instantiated class.
+		 */
 		require: function(name, from) {
 			var L = this, url = null, from = from || [];
 
@@ -699,7 +1387,7 @@
 						'Circular dependency: class "%s" depends on "%s"',
 						name, from.join('" which depends on "'));
 
-				return classes[name];
+				return Promise.resolve(classes[name]);
 			}
 
 			url = '%s/%s.js%s'.format(L.env.base_url, name.replace(/\./g, '/'), (L.env.resource_version ? '?v=' + L.env.resource_version : ''));
@@ -858,6 +1546,31 @@
 			return Promise.resolve(sysFeatures);
 		},
 
+		/**
+		 * Test whether a particular system feature is available, such as
+		 * hostapd SAE support or an installed firewall. The features are
+		 * queried once at the beginning of the LuCI session and cached in
+		 * `SessionStorage` throughout the lifetime of the associated tab or
+		 * browser window.
+		 *
+		 * @instance
+		 * @memberof LuCI
+		 *
+		 * @param {string} feature
+		 * The feature to test. For detailed list of known feature flags,
+		 * see `/modules/luci-base/root/usr/libexec/rpcd/luci`.
+		 *
+		 * @param {string} [subfeature]
+		 * Some feature classes like `hostapd` provide sub-feature flags,
+		 * such as `sae` or `11w` support. The `subfeature` argument can
+		 * be used to query these.
+		 *
+		 * @return {boolean|null}
+		 * Return `true` if the queried feature (and sub-feature) is available
+		 * or `false` if the requested feature isn't present or known.
+		 * Return `null` when a sub-feature was queried for a feature which
+		 * has no sub-features.
+		 */
 		hasSystemFeature: function() {
 			var ft = sysFeatures[arguments[0]];
 
@@ -867,6 +1580,7 @@
 			return (ft != null && ft != false);
 		},
 
+		/* private */
 		notifySessionExpiry: function() {
 			Poll.stop();
 
@@ -886,6 +1600,7 @@
 			L.raise('SessionError', 'Login session is expired');
 		},
 
+		/* private */
 		setupDOM: function(res) {
 			var domEv = res[0],
 			    uiClass = res[1],
@@ -925,15 +1640,42 @@
 			return this.probeSystemFeatures().finally(this.initDOM);
 		},
 
+		/* private */
 		initDOM: function() {
 			originalCBIInit();
 			Poll.start();
 			document.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('luci-loaded'));
 		},
 
+		/**
+		 * The `env` object holds environment settings used by LuCI, such
+		 * as request timeouts, base URLs etc.
+		 *
+		 * @instance
+		 * @memberof LuCI
+		 */
 		env: {},
 
-		/* URL construction helpers */
+		/**
+		 * Construct a relative URL path from the given prefix and parts.
+		 * The resulting URL is guaranteed to only contain the characters
+		 * `a-z`, `A-Z`, `0-9`, `_`, `.`, `%`, `,`, `;`, and `-` as well
+		 * as `/` for the path separator.
+		 *
+		 * @instance
+		 * @memberof LuCI
+		 *
+		 * @param {string} [prefix]
+		 * The prefix to join the given parts with. If the `prefix` is
+		 * omitted, it defaults to an empty string.
+		 *
+		 * @param {string[]} [parts]
+		 * An array of parts to join into an URL path. Parts may contain
+		 * slashes and any of the other characters mentioned above.
+		 *
+		 * @return {string}
+		 * Return the joined URL path.
+		 */
 		path: function(prefix, parts) {
 			var url = [ prefix || '' ];
 
@@ -947,24 +1689,108 @@
 			return url.join('');
 		},
 
+		/**
+		 * Construct an URL  pathrelative to the script path of the server
+		 * side LuCI application (usually `/cgi-bin/luci`).
+		 *
+		 * The resulting URL is guaranteed to only contain the characters
+		 * `a-z`, `A-Z`, `0-9`, `_`, `.`, `%`, `,`, `;`, and `-` as well
+		 * as `/` for the path separator.
+		 *
+		 * @instance
+		 * @memberof LuCI
+		 *
+		 * @param {string[]} [parts]
+		 * An array of parts to join into an URL path. Parts may contain
+		 * slashes and any of the other characters mentioned above.
+		 *
+		 * @return {string}
+		 * Returns the resulting URL path.
+		 */
 		url: function() {
 			return this.path(this.env.scriptname, arguments);
 		},
 
+		/**
+		 * Construct an URL path relative to the global static resource path
+		 * of the LuCI ui (usually `/luci-static/resources`).
+		 *
+		 * The resulting URL is guaranteed to only contain the characters
+		 * `a-z`, `A-Z`, `0-9`, `_`, `.`, `%`, `,`, `;`, and `-` as well
+		 * as `/` for the path separator.
+		 *
+		 * @instance
+		 * @memberof LuCI
+		 *
+		 * @param {string[]} [parts]
+		 * An array of parts to join into an URL path. Parts may contain
+		 * slashes and any of the other characters mentioned above.
+		 *
+		 * @return {string}
+		 * Returns the resulting URL path.
+		 */
 		resource: function() {
 			return this.path(this.env.resource, arguments);
 		},
 
+		/**
+		 * Return the complete URL path to the current view.
+		 *
+		 * @instance
+		 * @memberof LuCI
+		 *
+		 * @return {string}
+		 * Returns the URL path to the current view.
+		 */
 		location: function() {
 			return this.path(this.env.scriptname, this.env.requestpath);
 		},
 
 
-		/* Data helpers */
+		/**
+		 * Tests whether the passed argument is a JavaScript object.
+		 * This function is meant to be an object counterpart to the
+		 * standard `Array.isArray()` function.
+		 *
+		 * @instance
+		 * @memberof LuCI
+		 *
+		 * @param {*} [val]
+		 * The value to test
+		 *
+		 * @return {boolean}
+		 * Returns `true` if the given value is of type object and
+		 * not `null`, else returns `false`.
+		 */
 		isObject: function(val) {
 			return (val != null && typeof(val) == 'object');
 		},
 
+		/**
+		 * Return an array of sorted object keys, optionally sorted by
+		 * a different key or a different sorting mode.
+		 *
+		 * @instance
+		 * @memberof LuCI
+		 *
+		 * @param {object} obj
+		 * The object to extract the keys from. If the given value is
+		 * not an object, the function will return an empty array.
+		 *
+		 * @param {string} [key]
+		 * Specifies the key to order by. This is mainly useful for
+		 * nested objects of objects or objects of arrays when sorting
+		 * shall not be performed by the primary object keys but by
+		 * some other key pointing to a value within the nested values.
+		 *
+		 * @param {string} [sortmode]
+		 * May be either `addr` or `num` to override the natural
+		 * lexicographic sorting with a sorting suitable for IP/MAC style
+		 * addresses or numeric values respectively.
+		 *
+		 * @return {string[]}
+		 * Returns an array containing the sorted keys of the given object.
+		 */
 		sortedKeys: function(obj, key, sortmode) {
 			if (obj == null || typeof(obj) != 'object')
 				return [];
@@ -993,6 +1819,23 @@
 			});
 		},
 
+		/**
+		 * Converts the given value to an array. If the given value is of
+		 * type array, it is returned as-is, values of type object are
+		 * returned as one-element array containing the object, empty
+		 * strings and `null` values are returned as empty array, all other
+		 * values are converted using `String()`, trimmed, split on white
+		 * space and returned as array.
+		 *
+		 * @instance
+		 * @memberof LuCI
+		 *
+		 * @param {*} val
+		 * The value to convert into an array.
+		 *
+		 * @return {Array<*>}
+		 * Returns the resulting array.
+		 */
 		toArray: function(val) {
 			if (val == null)
 				return [];
@@ -1010,15 +1853,117 @@
 		},
 
 
-		/* HTTP resource fetching */
+		/**
+		 * The request callback function is invoked whenever an HTTP
+		 * reply to a request made using the `L.get()`, `L.post()` or
+		 * `L.poll()` function is timed out or received successfully.
+		 *
+		 * @instance
+		 * @memberof LuCI
+		 *
+		 * @callback LuCI.requestCallbackFn
+		 * @param {XMLHTTPRequest} xhr
+		 * The XMLHTTPRequest instance used to make the request.
+		 *
+		 * @param {*} data
+		 * The response JSON if the response could be parsed as such,
+		 * else `null`.
+		 *
+		 * @param {number} duration
+		 * The total duration of the request in milliseconds.
+		 */
+
+		/**
+		 * Issues a GET request to the given url and invokes the specified
+		 * callback function. The function is a wrapper around
+		 * {@link LuCI.Request#request Request.request()}.
+		 *
+		 * @deprecated
+		 * @instance
+		 * @memberof LuCI
+		 *
+		 * @param {string} url
+		 * The URL to request.
+		 *
+		 * @param {Object<string, string>} [args]
+		 * Additional query string arguments to append to the URL.
+		 *
+		 * @param {LuCI.requestCallbackFn} cb
+		 * The callback function to invoke when the request finishes.
+		 *
+		 * @return {Promise<null>}
+		 * Returns a promise resolving to `null` when concluded.
+		 */
 		get: function(url, args, cb) {
 			return this.poll(null, url, args, cb, false);
 		},
 
+		/**
+		 * Issues a POST request to the given url and invokes the specified
+		 * callback function. The function is a wrapper around
+		 * {@link LuCI.Request#request Request.request()}. The request is
+		 * sent using `application/x-www-form-urlencoded` encoding and will
+		 * contain a field `token` with the current value of `LuCI.env.token`
+		 * by default.
+		 *
+		 * @deprecated
+		 * @instance
+		 * @memberof LuCI
+		 *
+		 * @param {string} url
+		 * The URL to request.
+		 *
+		 * @param {Object<string, string>} [args]
+		 * Additional post arguments to append to the request body.
+		 *
+		 * @param {LuCI.requestCallbackFn} cb
+		 * The callback function to invoke when the request finishes.
+		 *
+		 * @return {Promise<null>}
+		 * Returns a promise resolving to `null` when concluded.
+		 */
 		post: function(url, args, cb) {
 			return this.poll(null, url, args, cb, true);
 		},
 
+		/**
+		 * Register a polling HTTP request that invokes the specified
+		 * callback function. The function is a wrapper around
+		 * {@link LuCI.Request.poll#add Request.poll.add()}.
+		 *
+		 * @deprecated
+		 * @instance
+		 * @memberof LuCI
+		 *
+		 * @param {number} interval
+		 * The poll interval to use. If set to a value less than or equal
+		 * to `0`, it will default to the global poll interval configured
+		 * in `LuCI.env.pollinterval`.
+		 *
+		 * @param {string} url
+		 * The URL to request.
+		 *
+		 * @param {Object<string, string>} [args]
+		 * Specifies additional arguments for the request. For GET requests,
+		 * the arguments are appended to the URL as query string, for POST
+		 * requests, they'll be added to the request body.
+		 *
+		 * @param {LuCI.requestCallbackFn} cb
+		 * The callback function to invoke whenever a request finishes.
+		 *
+		 * @param {boolean} [post=false]
+		 * When set to `false` or not specified, poll requests will be made
+		 * using the GET method. When set to `true`, POST requests will be
+		 * issued. In case of POST requests, the request body will contain
+		 * an argument `token` with the current value of `LuCI.env.token` by
+		 * default, regardless of the parameters specified with `args`.
+		 *
+		 * @return {function}
+		 * Returns the internally created function that has been passed to
+		 * {@link LuCI.Request.poll#add Request.poll.add()}. This value can
+		 * be passed to {@link LuCI.Poll.remove Poll.remove()} to remove the
+		 * polling request.
+		 */
 		poll: function(interval, url, args, cb, post) {
 			if (interval !== null && interval <= 0)
 				interval = this.env.pollinterval;
@@ -1044,18 +1989,91 @@
 					});
 		},
 
+		/**
+		 * Deprecated wrapper around {@link LuCI.Poll.remove Poll.remove()}.
+		 *
+		 * @deprecated
+		 * @instance
+		 * @memberof LuCI
+		 *
+		 * @param {function} entry
+		 * The polling function to remove.
+		 *
+		 * @return {boolean}
+		 * Returns `true` when the function has been removed or `false` if
+		 * it could not be found.
+		 */
 		stop: function(entry) { return Poll.remove(entry) },
+
+		/**
+		 * Deprecated wrapper around {@link LuCI.Poll.stop Poll.stop()}.
+		 *
+		 * @deprecated
+		 * @instance
+		 * @memberof LuCI
+		 *
+		 * @return {boolean}
+		 * Returns `true` when the polling loop has been stopped or `false`
+		 * when it didn't run to begin with.
+		 */
 		halt: function() { return Poll.stop() },
+
+		/**
+		 * Deprecated wrapper around {@link LuCI.Poll.start Poll.start()}.
+		 *
+		 * @deprecated
+		 * @instance
+		 * @memberof LuCI
+		 *
+		 * @return {boolean}
+		 * Returns `true` when the polling loop has been started or `false`
+		 * when it was already running.
+		 */
 		run: function() { return Poll.start() },
 
-		/* DOM manipulation */
-		dom: Class.singleton({
+
+		/**
+		 * @class
+		 * @memberof LuCI
+		 * @hideconstructor
+		 * @classdesc
+		 *
+		 * The `dom` class provides convenience method for creating and
+		 * manipulating DOM elements.
+		 */
+		dom: Class.singleton(/* @lends LuCI.dom.prototype */ {
 			__name__: 'LuCI.DOM',
 
+			/**
+			 * Tests whether the given argument is a valid DOM `Node`.
+			 *
+			 * @instance
+			 * @memberof LuCI.dom
+			 * @param {*} e
+			 * The value to test.
+			 *
+			 * @returns {boolean}
+			 * Returns `true` if the value is a DOM `Node`, else `false`.
+			 */
 			elem: function(e) {
 				return (e != null && typeof(e) == 'object' && 'nodeType' in e);
 			},
 
+			/**
+			 * Parses a given string as HTML and returns the first child node.
+			 *
+			 * @instance
+			 * @memberof LuCI.dom
+			 * @param {string} s
+			 * A string containing an HTML fragment to parse. Note that only
+			 * the first result of the resulting structure is returned, so an
+			 * input value of `<div>foo</div> <div>bar</div>` will only return
+			 * the first `div` element node.
+			 *
+			 * @returns {Node}
+			 * Returns the first DOM `Node` extracted from the HTML fragment or
+			 * `null` on parsing failures or if no element could be found.
+			 */
 			parse: function(s) {
 				var elem;
 
@@ -1077,11 +2095,54 @@
 				return elem || null;
 			},
 
+			/**
+			 * Tests whether a given `Node` matches the given query selector.
+			 *
+			 * This function is a convenience wrapper around the standard
+			 * `Node.matches("selector")` function with the added benefit that
+			 * the `node` argument may be a non-`Node` value, in which case
+			 * this function simply returns `false`.
+			 *
+			 * @instance
+			 * @memberof LuCI.dom
+			 * @param {*} node
+			 * The `Node` argument to test the selector against.
+			 *
+			 * @param {string} [selector]
+			 * The query selector expression to test against the given node.
+			 *
+			 * @returns {boolean}
+			 * Returns `true` if the given node matches the specified selector
+			 * or `false` when the node argument is no valid DOM `Node` or the
+			 * selector didn't match.
+			 */
 			matches: function(node, selector) {
 				var m = this.elem(node) ? node.matches || node.msMatchesSelector : null;
 				return m ? m.call(node, selector) : false;
 			},
 
+			/**
+			 * Returns the closest parent node that matches the given query
+			 * selector expression.
+			 *
+			 * This function is a convenience wrapper around the standard
+			 * `Node.closest("selector")` function with the added benefit that
+			 * the `node` argument may be a non-`Node` value, in which case
+			 * this function simply returns `null`.
+			 *
+			 * @instance
+			 * @memberof LuCI.dom
+			 * @param {*} node
+			 * The `Node` argument to find the closest parent for.
+			 *
+			 * @param {string} [selector]
+			 * The query selector expression to test against each parent.
+			 *
+			 * @returns {Node|null}
+			 * Returns the closest parent node matching the selector or
+			 * `null` when the node argument is no valid DOM `Node` or the
+			 * selector didn't match any parent.
+			 */
 			parent: function(node, selector) {
 				if (this.elem(node) && node.closest)
 					return node.closest(selector);
@@ -1095,6 +2156,42 @@
 				return null;
 			},
 
+			/**
+			 * Appends the given children data to the given node.
+			 *
+			 * @instance
+			 * @memberof LuCI.dom
+			 * @param {*} node
+			 * The `Node` argument to append the children to.
+			 *
+			 * @param {*} [children]
+			 * The childrens to append to the given node.
+			 *
+			 * When `children` is an array, then each item of the array
+			 * will be either appended as child element or text node,
+			 * depending on whether the item is a DOM `Node` instance or
+			 * some other non-`null` value. Non-`Node`, non-`null` values
+			 * will be converted to strings first before being passed as
+			 * argument to `createTextNode()`.
+			 *
+			 * When `children` is a function, it will be invoked with
+			 * the passed `node` argument as sole parameter and the `append`
+			 * function will be invoked again, with the given `node` argument
+			 * as first and the return value of the `children` function as
+			 * second parameter.
+			 *
+			 * When `children` is is a DOM `Node` instance, it will be
+			 * appended to the given `node`.
+			 *
+			 * When `children` is any other non-`null` value, it will be
+			 * converted to a string and appened to the `innerHTML` property
+			 * of the given `node`.
+			 *
+			 * @returns {Node|null}
+			 * Returns the last children `Node` appended to the node or `null`
+			 * if either the `node` argument was no valid DOM `node` or if the
+			 * `children` was `null` or didn't result in further DOM nodes.
+			 */
 			append: function(node, children) {
 				if (!this.elem(node))
 					return null;
@@ -1122,6 +2219,46 @@
 				return null;
 			},
 
+			/**
+			 * Replaces the content of the given node with the given children.
+			 *
+			 * This function first removes any children of the given DOM
+			 * `Node` and then adds the given given children following the
+			 * rules outlined below.
+			 *
+			 * @instance
+			 * @memberof LuCI.dom
+			 * @param {*} node
+			 * The `Node` argument to replace the children of.
+			 *
+			 * @param {*} [children]
+			 * The childrens to replace into the given node.
+			 *
+			 * When `children` is an array, then each item of the array
+			 * will be either appended as child element or text node,
+			 * depending on whether the item is a DOM `Node` instance or
+			 * some other non-`null` value. Non-`Node`, non-`null` values
+			 * will be converted to strings first before being passed as
+			 * argument to `createTextNode()`.
+			 *
+			 * When `children` is a function, it will be invoked with
+			 * the passed `node` argument as sole parameter and the `append`
+			 * function will be invoked again, with the given `node` argument
+			 * as first and the return value of the `children` function as
+			 * second parameter.
+			 *
+			 * When `children` is is a DOM `Node` instance, it will be
+			 * appended to the given `node`.
+			 *
+			 * When `children` is any other non-`null` value, it will be
+			 * converted to a string and appened to the `innerHTML` property
+			 * of the given `node`.
+			 *
+			 * @returns {Node|null}
+			 * Returns the last children `Node` appended to the node or `null`
+			 * if either the `node` argument was no valid DOM `node` or if the
+			 * `children` was `null` or didn't result in further DOM nodes.
+			 */
 			content: function(node, children) {
 				if (!this.elem(node))
 					return null;
@@ -1137,6 +2274,39 @@
 				return this.append(node, children);
 			},
 
+			/**
+			 * Sets attributes or registers event listeners on element nodes.
+			 *
+			 * @instance
+			 * @memberof LuCI.dom
+			 * @param {*} node
+			 * The `Node` argument to set the attributes or add the event
+			 * listeners for. When the given `node` value is not a valid
+			 * DOM `Node`, the function returns and does nothing.
+			 *
+			 * @param {string|Object<string, *>} key
+			 * Specifies either the attribute or event handler name to use,
+			 * or an object containing multiple key, value pairs which are
+			 * each added to the node as either attribute or event handler,
+			 * depending on the respective value.
+			 *
+			 * @param {*} [val]
+			 * Specifies the attribute value or event handler function to add.
+			 * If the `key` parameter is an `Object`, this parameter will be
+			 * ignored.
+			 *
+			 * When `val` is of type function, it will be registered as event
+			 * handler on the given `node` with the `key` parameter being the
+			 * event name.
+			 *
+			 * When `val` is of type object, it will be serialized as JSON and
+			 * added as attribute to the given `node`, using the given `key`
+			 * as attribute name.
+			 *
+			 * When `val` is of any other type, it will be added as attribute
+			 * to the given `node` as-is, with the underlying `setAttribute()`
+			 * call implicitely turning it into a string.
+			 */
 			attr: function(node, key, val) {
 				if (!this.elem(node))
 					return null;
@@ -1167,6 +2337,54 @@
 				}
 			},
 
+			/**
+			 * Creates a new DOM `Node` from the given `html`, `attr` and
+			 * `data` parameters.
+			 *
+			 * This function has multiple signatures, it can be either invoked
+			 * in the form `create(html[, attr[, data]])` or in the form
+			 * `create(html[, data])`. The used variant is determined from the
+			 * type of the second argument.
+			 *
+			 * @instance
+			 * @memberof LuCI.dom
+			 * @param {*} html
+			 * Describes the node to create.
+			 *
+			 * When the value of `html` is of type array, a `DocumentFragment`
+			 * node is created and each item of the array is first converted
+			 * to a DOM `Node` by passing it through `create()` and then added
+			 * as child to the fragment.
+			 *
+			 * When the value of `html` is a DOM `Node` instance, no new
+			 * element will be created but the node will be used as-is.
+			 *
+			 * When the value of `html` is a string starting with `<`, it will
+			 * be passed to `dom.parse()` and the resulting value is used.
+			 *
+			 * When the value of `html` is any other string, it will be passed
+			 * to `document.createElement()` for creating a new DOM `Node` of
+			 * the given name.
+			 *
+			 * @param {Object<string, *>} [attr]
+			 * Specifies an Object of key, value pairs to set as attributes
+			 * or event handlers on the created node. Refer to
+			 * {@link LuCI.dom#attr dom.attr()} for details.
+			 *
+			 * @param {*} [data]
+			 * Specifies children to append to the newly created element.
+			 * Refer to {@link LuCI.dom#append dom.append()} for details.
+			 *
+			 * @throws {InvalidCharacterError}
+			 * Throws an `InvalidCharacterError` when the given `html`
+			 * argument contained malformed markup (such as not escaped
+			 * `&` characters in XHTML mode) or when the given node name
+			 * in `html` contains characters which are not legal in DOM
+			 * element names, such as spaces.
+			 *
+			 * @returns {Node}
+			 * Returns the newly created `Node`.
+			 */
 			create: function() {
 				var html = arguments[0],
 				    attr = arguments[1],
@@ -1202,6 +2420,47 @@
 
 			registry: {},
 
+			/**
+			 * Attaches or detaches arbitrary data to and from a DOM `Node`.
+			 *
+			 * This function is useful to attach non-string values or runtime
+			 * data that is not serializable to DOM nodes. To decouple data
+			 * from the DOM, values are not added directly to nodes, but
+			 * inserted into a registry instead which is then referenced by a
+			 * string key stored as `data-idref` attribute in the node.
+			 *
+			 * This function has multiple signatures and is sensitive to the
+			 * number of arguments passed to it.
+			 *
+			 *  - `dom.data(node)` -
+			 *     Fetches all data associated with the given node.
+			 *  - `dom.data(node, key)` -
+			 *     Fetches a specific key associated with the given node.
+			 *  - `dom.data(node, key, val)` -
+			 *     Sets a specific key to the given value associated with the
+			 *     given node.
+			 *  - `dom.data(node, null)` -
+			 *     Clears any data associated with the node.
+			 *  - `dom.data(node, key, null)` -
+			 *     Clears the given key associated with the node.
+			 *
+			 * @instance
+			 * @memberof LuCI.dom
+			 * @param {Node} node
+			 * The DOM `Node` instance to set or retrieve the data for.
+			 *
+			 * @param {string|null} [key]
+			 * This is either a string specifying the key to retrieve, or
+			 * `null` to unset the entire node data.
+			 *
+			 * @param {*|null} [val]
+			 * This is either a non-`null` value to set for a given key or
+			 * `null` to remove the given `key` from the specified node.
+			 *
+			 * @returns {*}
+			 * Returns the get or set value, or `null` when no value could
+			 * be found.
+			 */
 			data: function(node, key, val) {
 				var id = node.getAttribute('data-idref');
 
@@ -1258,6 +2517,30 @@
 				return null;
 			},
 
+			/**
+			 * Binds the given class instance ot the specified DOM `Node`.
+			 *
+			 * This function uses the `dom.data()` facility to attach the
+			 * passed instance of a Class to a node. This is needed for
+			 * complex widget elements or similar where the corresponding
+			 * class instance responsible for the element must be retrieved
+			 * from DOM nodes obtained by `querySelector()` or similar means.
+			 *
+			 * @instance
+			 * @memberof LuCI.dom
+			 * @param {Node} node
+			 * The DOM `Node` instance to bind the class to.
+			 *
+			 * @param {Class} inst
+			 * The Class instance to bind to the node.
+			 *
+			 * @throws {TypeError}
+			 * Throws a `TypeError` when the given instance argument isn't
+			 * a valid Class instance.
+			 *
+			 * @returns {Class}
+			 * Returns the bound class instance.
+			 */
 			bindClassInstance: function(node, inst) {
 				if (!(inst instanceof Class))
 					L.error('TypeError', 'Argument must be a class instance');
@@ -1265,6 +2548,19 @@
 				return this.data(node, '_class', inst);
 			},
 
+			/**
+			 * Finds a bound class instance on the given node itself or the
+			 * first bound instance on its closest parent node.
+			 *
+			 * @instance
+			 * @memberof LuCI.dom
+			 * @param {Node} node
+			 * The DOM `Node` instance to start from.
+			 *
+			 * @returns {Class|null}
+			 * Returns the founds class instance if any or `null` if no bound
+			 * class could be found on the node itself or any of its parents.
+			 */
 			findClassInstance: function(node) {
 				var inst = null;
 
@@ -1277,6 +2573,28 @@
 				return inst;
 			},
 
+			/**
+			 * Finds a bound class instance on the given node itself or the
+			 * first bound instance on its closest parent node and invokes
+			 * the specified method name on the found class instance.
+			 *
+			 * @instance
+			 * @memberof LuCI.dom
+			 * @param {Node} node
+			 * The DOM `Node` instance to start from.
+			 *
+			 * @param {string} method
+			 * The name of the method to invoke on the found class instance.
+			 *
+			 * @param {...*} params
+			 * Additional arguments to pass to the invoked method as-is.
+			 *
+			 * @returns {*|null}
+			 * Returns the return value of the invoked method if a class
+			 * instance and method has been found. Returns `null` if either
+			 * no bound class instance could be found, or if the found
+			 * instance didn't have the requested `method`.
+			 */
 			callClassMethod: function(node, method /*, ... */) {
 				var inst = this.findClassInstance(node);
 
@@ -1286,6 +2604,43 @@
 				return inst[method].apply(inst, inst.varargs(arguments, 2));
 			},
 
+			/**
+			 * The ignore callback function is invoked by `isEmpty()` for each
+			 * child node to decide whether to ignore a child node or not.
+			 *
+			 * When this function returns `false`, the node passed to it is
+			 * ignored, else not.
+			 *
+			 * @callback LuCI.dom~ignoreCallbackFn
+			 * @param {Node} node
+			 * The child node to test.
+			 *
+			 * @returns {boolean}
+			 * Boolean indicating whether to ignore the node or not.
+			 */
+
+			/**
+			 * Tests whether a given DOM `Node` instance is empty or appears
+			 * empty.
+			 *
+			 * Any element child nodes which have the CSS class `hidden` set
+			 * or for which the optionally passed `ignoreFn` callback function
+			 * returns `false` are ignored.
+			 *
+			 * @instance
+			 * @memberof LuCI.dom
+			 * @param {Node} node
+			 * The DOM `Node` instance to test.
+			 *
+			 * @param {LuCI.dom~ignoreCallbackFn} [ignoreFn]
+			 * Specifies an optional function which is invoked for each child
+			 * node to decide whether the child node should be ignored or not.
+			 *
+			 * @returns {boolean}
+			 * Returns `true` if the node does not have any children or if
+			 * any children node either has a `hidden` CSS class or a `false`
+			 * result when testing it using the given `ignoreFn`.
+			 */
 			isEmpty: function(node, ignoreFn) {
 				for (var child = node.firstElementChild; child != null; child = child.nextElementSibling)
 					if (!child.classList.contains('hidden') && (!ignoreFn || !ignoreFn(child)))
@@ -1299,7 +2654,16 @@
 		Class: Class,
 		Request: Request,
 
-		view: Class.extend({
+		/**
+		 * @class
+		 * @memberof LuCI
+		 * @hideconstructor
+		 * @classdesc
+		 *
+		 * The `view` class forms the basis of views and provides a standard
+		 * set of methods to inherit from.
+		 */
+		view: Class.extend(/* @lends LuCI.view.prototype */ {
 			__name__: 'LuCI.View',
 
 			__init__: function() {
@@ -1317,9 +2681,91 @@
 					}, this)).catch(L.error);
 			},
 
+			/**
+			 * The load function is invoked before the view is rendered.
+			 *
+			 * The invocation of this function is wrapped by
+			 * `Promise.resolve()` so it may return Promises if needed.
+			 *
+			 * The return value of the function (or the resolved values
+			 * of the promise returned by it) will be passed as first
+			 * argument to `render()`.
+			 *
+			 * This function is supposed to be overwritten by subclasses,
+			 * the default implementation does nothing.
+			 *
+			 * @instance
+			 * @abstract
+			 * @memberof LuCI.view
+			 *
+			 * @returns {*|Promise<*>}
+			 * May return any value or a Promise resolving to any value.
+			 */
 			load: function() {},
+
+			/**
+			 * The render function is invoked after the
+			 * {@link LuCI.view#load load()} function and responsible
+			 * for setting up the view contents. It must return a DOM
+			 * `Node` or `DocumentFragment` holding the contents to
+			 * insert into the view area.
+			 *
+			 * The invocation of this function is wrapped by
+			 * `Promise.resolve()` so it may return Promises if needed.
+			 *
+			 * The return value of the function (or the resolved values
+			 * of the promise returned by it) will be inserted into the
+			 * main content area using
+			 * {@link LuCI.dom#append dom.append()}.
+			 *
+			 * This function is supposed to be overwritten by subclasses,
+			 * the default implementation does nothing.
+			 *
+			 * @instance
+			 * @abstract
+			 * @memberof LuCI.view
+			 * @param {*|null} load_results
+			 * This function will receive the return value of the
+			 * {@link LuCI.view#load view.load()} function as first
+			 * argument.
+			 *
+			 * @returns {Node|Promise<Node>}
+			 * Should return a DOM `Node` value or a `Promise` resolving
+			 * to a `Node` value.
+			 */
 			render: function() {},
 
+			/**
+			 * The handleSave function is invoked when the user clicks
+			 * the `Save` button in the page action footer.
+			 *
+			 * The default implementation should be sufficient for most
+			 * views using {@link form#Map form.Map()} based forms - it
+			 * will iterate all forms present in the view and invoke
+			 * the {@link form#Map#save Map.save()} method on each form.
+			 *
+			 * Views not using `Map` instances or requiring other special
+			 * logic should overwrite `handleSave()` with a custom
+			 * implementation.
+			 *
+			 * To disable the `Save` page footer button, views extending
+			 * this base class should overwrite the `handleSave` function
+			 * with `null`.
+			 *
+			 * The invocation of this function is wrapped by
+			 * `Promise.resolve()` so it may return Promises if needed.
+			 *
+			 * @instance
+			 * @memberof LuCI.view
+			 * @param {Event} ev
+			 * The DOM event that triggered the function.
+			 *
+			 * @returns {*|Promise<*>}
+			 * Any return values of this function are discarded, but
+			 * passed through `Promise.resolve()` to ensure that any
+			 * returned promise runs to completion before the button
+			 * is reenabled.
+			 */
 			handleSave: function(ev) {
 				var tasks = [];
 
@@ -1331,12 +2777,76 @@
 				return Promise.all(tasks);
 			},
 
+			/**
+			 * The handleSaveApply function is invoked when the user clicks
+			 * the `Save & Apply` button in the page action footer.
+			 *
+			 * The default implementation should be sufficient for most
+			 * views using {@link form#Map form.Map()} based forms - it
+			 * will first invoke
+			 * {@link LuCI.view.handleSave view.handleSave()} and then
+			 * call {@link ui#changes#apply ui.changes.apply()} to start the
+			 * modal config apply and page reload flow.
+			 *
+			 * Views not using `Map` instances or requiring other special
+			 * logic should overwrite `handleSaveApply()` with a custom
+			 * implementation.
+			 *
+			 * To disable the `Save & Apply` page footer button, views
+			 * extending this base class should overwrite the
+			 * `handleSaveApply` function with `null`.
+			 *
+			 * The invocation of this function is wrapped by
+			 * `Promise.resolve()` so it may return Promises if needed.
+			 *
+			 * @instance
+			 * @memberof LuCI.view
+			 * @param {Event} ev
+			 * The DOM event that triggered the function.
+			 *
+			 * @returns {*|Promise<*>}
+			 * Any return values of this function are discarded, but
+			 * passed through `Promise.resolve()` to ensure that any
+			 * returned promise runs to completion before the button
+			 * is reenabled.
+			 */
 			handleSaveApply: function(ev) {
 				return this.handleSave(ev).then(function() {
 					L.ui.changes.apply(true);
 				});
 			},
 
+			/**
+			 * The handleReset function is invoked when the user clicks
+			 * the `Reset` button in the page action footer.
+			 *
+			 * The default implementation should be sufficient for most
+			 * views using {@link form#Map form.Map()} based forms - it
+			 * will iterate all forms present in the view and invoke
+			 * the {@link form#Map#save Map.reset()} method on each form.
+			 *
+			 * Views not using `Map` instances or requiring other special
+			 * logic should overwrite `handleReset()` with a custom
+			 * implementation.
+			 *
+			 * To disable the `Reset` page footer button, views extending
+			 * this base class should overwrite the `handleReset` function
+			 * with `null`.
+			 *
+			 * The invocation of this function is wrapped by
+			 * `Promise.resolve()` so it may return Promises if needed.
+			 *
+			 * @instance
+			 * @memberof LuCI.view
+			 * @param {Event} ev
+			 * The DOM event that triggered the function.
+			 *
+			 * @returns {*|Promise<*>}
+			 * Any return values of this function are discarded, but
+			 * passed through `Promise.resolve()` to ensure that any
+			 * returned promise runs to completion before the button
+			 * is reenabled.
+			 */
 			handleReset: function(ev) {
 				var tasks = [];
 
@@ -1348,6 +2858,29 @@
 				return Promise.all(tasks);
 			},
 
+			/**
+			 * Renders a standard page action footer if any of the
+			 * `handleSave()`, `handleSaveApply()` or `handleReset()`
+			 * functions are defined.
+			 *
+			 * The default implementation should be sufficient for most
+			 * views - it will render a standard page footer with action
+			 * buttons labeled `Save`, `Save & Apply` and `Reset`
+			 * triggering the `handleSave()`, `handleSaveApply()` and
+			 * `handleReset()` functions respectively.
+			 *
+			 * When any of these `handle*()` functions is overwritten
+			 * with `null` by a view extending this class, the
+			 * corresponding button will not be rendered.
+			 *
+			 * @instance
+			 * @memberof LuCI.view
+			 * @returns {DocumentFragment}
+			 * Returns a `DocumentFragment` containing the footer bar
+			 * with buttons for each corresponding `handle*()` action
+			 * or an empty `DocumentFragment` if all three `handle*()`
+			 * methods are overwritten with `null`.
+			 */
 			addFooter: function() {
 				var footer = E([]);
 
@@ -1373,7 +2906,20 @@
 		})
 	});
 
-	var XHR = Class.extend({
+	/**
+	 * @class
+	 * @memberof LuCI
+	 * @deprecated
+	 * @classdesc
+	 *
+	 * The `LuCI.XHR` class is a legacy compatibility shim for the
+	 * functionality formerly provided by `xhr.js`. It is registered as global
+	 * `window.XHR` symbol for compatibility with legacy code.
+	 *
+	 * New code should use {@link LuCI.Request} instead to implement HTTP
+	 * request handling.
+	 */
+	var XHR = Class.extend(/** @lends LuCI.XHR.prototype */ {
 		__name__: 'LuCI.XHR',
 		__init__: function() {
 			if (window.console && console.debug)
@@ -1386,19 +2932,111 @@
 			delete this.active;
 		},
 
+		/**
+		 * This function is a legacy wrapper around
+		 * {@link LuCI#get LuCI.get()}.
+		 *
+		 * @instance
+		 * @deprecated
+		 * @memberof LuCI.XHR
+		 *
+		 * @param {string} url
+		 * The URL to request
+		 *
+		 * @param {Object} [data]
+		 * Additional query string data
+		 *
+		 * @param {LuCI.requestCallbackFn} [callback]
+		 * Callback function to invoke on completion
+		 *
+		 * @param {number} [timeout]
+		 * Request timeout to use
+		 *
+		 * @return {Promise<null>}
+		 */
 		get: function(url, data, callback, timeout) {
 			this.active = true;
 			L.get(url, data, this._response.bind(this, callback), timeout);
 		},
 
+		/**
+		 * This function is a legacy wrapper around
+		 * {@link LuCI#post LuCI.post()}.
+		 *
+		 * @instance
+		 * @deprecated
+		 * @memberof LuCI.XHR
+		 *
+		 * @param {string} url
+		 * The URL to request
+		 *
+		 * @param {Object} [data]
+		 * Additional data to append to the request body.
+		 *
+		 * @param {LuCI.requestCallbackFn} [callback]
+		 * Callback function to invoke on completion
+		 *
+		 * @param {number} [timeout]
+		 * Request timeout to use
+		 *
+		 * @return {Promise<null>}
+		 */
 		post: function(url, data, callback, timeout) {
 			this.active = true;
 			L.post(url, data, this._response.bind(this, callback), timeout);
 		},
 
+		/**
+		 * Cancels a running request.
+		 *
+		 * This function does not actually cancel the underlying
+		 * `XMLHTTPRequest` request but it sets a flag which prevents the
+		 * invocation of the callback function when the request eventually
+		 * finishes or timed out.
+		 *
+		 * @instance
+		 * @deprecated
+		 * @memberof LuCI.XHR
+		 */
 		cancel: function() { delete this.active },
+
+		/**
+		 * Checks the running state of the request.
+		 *
+		 * @instance
+		 * @deprecated
+		 * @memberof LuCI.XHR
+		 *
+		 * @returns {boolean}
+		 * Returns `true` if the request is still running or `false` if it
+		 * already completed.
+		 */
 		busy: function() { return (this.active === true) },
+
+		/**
+		 * Ignored for backwards compatibility.
+		 *
+		 * This function does nothing.
+		 *
+		 * @instance
+		 * @deprecated
+		 * @memberof LuCI.XHR
+		 */
 		abort: function() {},
+
+		/**
+		 * Existing for backwards compatibility.
+		 *
+		 * This function simply throws an `InternalError` when invoked.
+		 *
+		 * @instance
+		 * @deprecated
+		 * @memberof LuCI.XHR
+		 *
+		 * @throws {InternalError}
+		 * Throws an `InternalError` with the message `Not implemented`
+		 * when invoked.
+		 */
 		send_form: function() { L.error('InternalError', 'Not implemented') },
 	});
 
diff --git a/modules/luci-base/htdocs/luci-static/resources/network.js b/modules/luci-base/htdocs/luci-static/resources/network.js
index a9e65dac51..a71c97c307 100644
--- a/modules/luci-base/htdocs/luci-static/resources/network.js
+++ b/modules/luci-base/htdocs/luci-static/resources/network.js
@@ -700,16 +700,140 @@ function enumerateNetworks() {
 
 var Hosts, Network, Protocol, Device, WifiDevice, WifiNetwork;
 
-Network = L.Class.extend({
+/**
+ * @class
+ * @memberof LuCI
+ * @hideconstructor
+ * @classdesc
+ *
+ * The `LuCI.Network` class combines data from multiple `ubus` apis to
+ * provide an abstraction of the current network configuration state.
+ *
+ * It provides methods to enumerate interfaces and devices, to query
+ * current configuration details and to manipulate settings.
+ */
+Network = L.Class.extend(/** @lends LuCI.Network.prototype */ {
+	/**
+	 * Converts the given prefix size in bits to a netmask.
+	 *
+	 * @method
+	 *
+	 * @param {number} bits
+	 * The prefix size in bits.
+	 *
+	 * @param {boolean} [v6=false]
+	 * Whether to convert the bits value into an IPv4 netmask (`false`) or
+	 * an IPv6 netmask (`true`).
+	 *
+	 * @returns {null|string}
+	 * Returns a string containing the netmask corresponding to the bit count
+	 * or `null` when the given amount of bits exceeds the maximum possible
+	 * value of `32` for IPv4 or `128` for IPv6.
+	 */
 	prefixToMask: prefixToMask,
+
+	/**
+	 * Converts the given netmask to a prefix size in bits.
+	 *
+	 * @method
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} netmask
+	 * The netmask to convert into a bit count.
+	 *
+	 * @param {boolean} [v6=false]
+	 * Whether to parse the given netmask as IPv4 (`false`) or IPv6 (`true`)
+	 * address.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {null|number}
+	 * Returns the number of prefix bits contained in the netmask or `null`
+	 * if the given netmask value was invalid.
+	 */
 	maskToPrefix: maskToPrefix,
+
+	/**
+	 * An encryption entry describes active wireless encryption settings
+	 * such as the used key management protocols, active ciphers and
+	 * protocol versions.
+	 *
+	 * @typedef {Object<string, boolean|Array<number|string>>} LuCI.Network.WifiEncryption
+	 * @memberof LuCI.Network
+	 *
+	 * @property {boolean} enabled
+	 * Specifies whether any kind of encryption, such as `WEP` or `WPA` is
+	 * enabled. If set to `false`, then no encryption is active and the
+	 * corresponding network is open.
+	 *
+	 * @property {string[]} [wep]
+	 * When the `wep` property exists, the network uses WEP encryption.
+	 * In this case, the property is set to an array of active WEP modes
+	 * which might be either `open`, `shared` or both.
+	 *
+	 * @property {number[]} [wpa]
+	 * When the `wpa` property exists, the network uses WPA security.
+	 * In this case, the property is set to an array containing the WPA
+	 * protocol versions used, e.g. `[ 1, 2 ]` for WPA/WPA2 mixed mode or
+	 * `[ 3 ]` for WPA3-SAE.
+	 *
+	 * @property {string[]} [authentication]
+	 * The `authentication` property only applies to WPA encryption and
+	 * is defined when the `wpa` property is set as well. It points to
+	 * an array of active authentication suites used by the network, e.g.
+	 * `[ "psk" ]` for a WPA(2)-PSK network or `[ "psk", "sae" ]` for
+	 * mixed WPA2-PSK/WPA3-SAE encryption.
+	 *
+	 * @property {string[]} [ciphers]
+	 * If either WEP or WPA encryption is active, then the `ciphers`
+	 * property will be set to an array describing the active encryption
+	 * ciphers used by the network, e.g. `[ "tkip", "ccmp" ]` for a
+	 * WPA/WPA2-PSK mixed network or `[ "wep-40", "wep-104" ]` for an
+	 * WEP network.
+	 */
+
+	/**
+	 * Converts a given {@link LuCI.Network.WifiEncryption encryption entry}
+	 * into a human readable string such as `mixed WPA/WPA2 PSK (TKIP, CCMP)`
+	 * or `WPA3 SAE (CCMP)`.
+	 *
+	 * @method
+	 *
+	 * @param {LuCI.Network.WifiEncryption} encryption
+	 * The wireless encryption entry to convert.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {null|string}
+	 * Returns the description string for the given encryption entry or
+	 * `null` if the given entry was invalid.
+	 */
 	formatWifiEncryption: formatWifiEncryption,
 
+	/**
+	 * Flushes the local network state cache and fetches updated information
+	 * from the remote `ubus` apis.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {Promise<Object>}
+	 * Returns a promise resolving to the internal network state object.
+	 */
 	flushCache: function() {
 		initNetworkState(true);
 		return _init;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates the given {@link LuCI.Network.Protocol Protocol} backend,
+	 * optionally using the given network name.
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} protoname
+	 * The protocol backend to use, e.g. `static` or `dhcp`.
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} [netname=__dummy__]
+	 * The network name to use for the instantiated protocol. This should be
+	 * usually set to one of the interfaces described in /etc/config/network
+	 * but it is allowed to omit it, e.g. to query protocol capabilities
+	 * without the need for an existing interface.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {null|LuCI.Network.Protocol}
+	 * Returns the instantiated protocol backend class or `null` if the given
+	 * protocol isn't known.
+	 */
 	getProtocol: function(protoname, netname) {
 		var v = _protocols[protoname];
 		if (v != null)
@@ -718,6 +842,13 @@ Network = L.Class.extend({
 		return null;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Obtains instances of all known {@link LuCI.Network.Protocol Protocol}
+	 * backend classes.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {Array<LuCI.Network.Protocol>}
+	 * Returns an array of protocol class instances.
+	 */
 	getProtocols: function() {
 		var rv = [];
 
@@ -727,6 +858,24 @@ Network = L.Class.extend({
 		return rv;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Registers a new {@link LuCI.Network.Protocol Protocol} subclass
+	 * with the given methods and returns the resulting subclass value.
+	 *
+	 * This functions internally calls
+	 * {@link LuCI.Class.extend Class.extend()} on the `Network.Protocol`
+	 * base class.
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} protoname
+	 * The name of the new protocol to register.
+	 *
+	 * @param {Object<string, *>} methods
+	 * The member methods and values of the new `Protocol` subclass to
+	 * be passed to {@link LuCI.Class.extend Class.extend()}.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {LuCI.Network.Protocol}
+	 * Returns the new `Protocol` subclass.
+	 */
 	registerProtocol: function(protoname, methods) {
 		var spec = L.isObject(_protospecs) ? _protospecs[protoname] : null;
 		var proto = Protocol.extend(Object.assign({
@@ -760,10 +909,34 @@ Network = L.Class.extend({
 		return proto;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Registers a new regular expression pattern to recognize
+	 * virtual interfaces.
+	 *
+	 * @param {RegExp} pat
+	 * A `RegExp` instance to match a virtual interface name
+	 * such as `6in4-wan` or `tun0`.
+	 */
 	registerPatternVirtual: function(pat) {
 		iface_patterns_virtual.push(pat);
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Registers a new human readable translation string for a `Protocol`
+	 * error code.
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} code
+	 * The `ubus` protocol error code to register a translation for, e.g.
+	 * `NO_DEVICE`.
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} message
+	 * The message to use as translation for the given protocol error code.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {boolean}
+	 * Returns `true` if the error code description has been added or `false`
+	 * if either the arguments were invalid or if there already was a
+	 * description for the given code.
+	 */
 	registerErrorCode: function(code, message) {
 		if (typeof(code) == 'string' &&
 		    typeof(message) == 'string' &&
@@ -775,6 +948,26 @@ Network = L.Class.extend({
 		return false;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Adds a new network of the given name and update it with the given
+	 * uci option values.
+	 *
+	 * If a network with the given name already exist but is empty, then
+	 * this function will update its option, otherwise it will do nothing.
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} name
+	 * The name of the network to add. Must be in the format `[a-zA-Z0-9_]+`.
+	 *
+	 * @param {Object<string, string|string[]>} [options]
+	 * An object of uci option values to set on the new network or to
+	 * update in an existing, empty network.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {Promise<null|LuCI.Network.Protocol>}
+	 * Returns a promise resolving to the `Protocol` subclass instance
+	 * describing the added network or resolving to `null` if the name
+	 * was invalid or if a non-empty network of the given name already
+	 * existed.
+	 */
 	addNetwork: function(name, options) {
 		return this.getNetwork(name).then(L.bind(function(existingNetwork) {
 			if (name != null && /^[a-zA-Z0-9_]+$/.test(name) && existingNetwork == null) {
@@ -800,6 +993,18 @@ Network = L.Class.extend({
 		}, this));
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Get a {@link LuCI.Network.Protocol Protocol} instance describing
+	 * the network with the given name.
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} name
+	 * The logical interface name of the network get, e.g. `lan` or `wan`.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {Promise<null|LuCI.Network.Protocol>}
+	 * Returns a promise resolving to a
+	 * {@link LuCI.Network.Protocol Protocol} subclass instance describing
+	 * the network or `null` if the network did not exist.
+	 */
 	getNetwork: function(name) {
 		return initNetworkState().then(L.bind(function() {
 			var section = (name != null) ? uci.get('network', name) : null;
@@ -817,10 +1022,30 @@ Network = L.Class.extend({
 		}, this));
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Gets an array containing all known networks.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {Promise<Array<LuCI.Network.Protocol>>}
+	 * Returns a promise resolving to a name-sorted array of
+	 * {@link LuCI.Network.Protocol Protocol} subclass instances
+	 * describing all known networks.
+	 */
 	getNetworks: function() {
 		return initNetworkState().then(L.bind(enumerateNetworks, this));
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Deletes the given network and its references from the network and
+	 * firewall configuration.
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} name
+	 * The name of the network to delete.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {Promise<boolean>}
+	 * Returns a promise resolving to either `true` if the network and
+	 * references to it were successfully deleted from the configuration or
+	 * `false` if the given network could not be found.
+	 */
 	deleteNetwork: function(name) {
 		var requireFirewall = Promise.resolve(L.require('firewall')).catch(function() {});
 
@@ -869,6 +1094,22 @@ Network = L.Class.extend({
 		});
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Rename the given network and its references to a new name.
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} oldName
+	 * The current name of the network.
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} newName
+	 * The name to rename the network to, must be in the format
+	 * `[a-z-A-Z0-9_]+`.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {Promise<boolean>}
+	 * Returns a promise resolving to either `true` if the network was
+	 * successfully renamed or `false` if the new name was invalid, if
+	 * a network with the new name already exists or if the network to
+	 * rename could not be found.
+	 */
 	renameNetwork: function(oldName, newName) {
 		return initNetworkState().then(function() {
 			if (newName == null || !/^[a-zA-Z0-9_]+$/.test(newName) || uci.get('network', newName) != null)
@@ -918,6 +1159,18 @@ Network = L.Class.extend({
 		});
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Get a {@link LuCI.Network.Device Device} instance describing the
+	 * given network device.
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} name
+	 * The name of the network device to get, e.g. `eth0` or `br-lan`.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {Promise<null|LuCI.Network.Device>}
+	 * Returns a promise resolving to the `Device` instance describing
+	 * the network device or `null` if the given device name could not
+	 * be found.
+	 */
 	getDevice: function(name) {
 		return initNetworkState().then(L.bind(function() {
 			if (name == null)
@@ -934,6 +1187,13 @@ Network = L.Class.extend({
 		}, this));
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Get a sorted list of all found network devices.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {Promise<Array<LuCI.Network.Device>>}
+	 * Returns a promise resolving to a sorted array of `Device` class
+	 * instances describing the network devices found on the system.
+	 */
 	getDevices: function() {
 		return initNetworkState().then(L.bind(function() {
 			var devices = {};
@@ -1032,10 +1292,38 @@ Network = L.Class.extend({
 		}, this));
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Test if a given network device name is in the list of patterns for
+	 * device names to ignore.
+	 *
+	 * Ignored device names are usually Linux network devices which are
+	 * spawned implicitly by kernel modules such as `tunl0` or `hwsim0`
+	 * and which are unsuitable for use in network configuration.
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} name
+	 * The device name to test.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {boolean}
+	 * Returns `true` if the given name is in the ignore pattern list,
+	 * else returns `false`.
+	 */
 	isIgnoredDevice: function(name) {
 		return isIgnoredIfname(name);
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Get a {@link LuCI.Network.WifiDevice WifiDevice} instance describing
+	 * the given wireless radio.
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} devname
+	 * The configuration name of the wireless radio to lookup, e.g. `radio0`
+	 * for the first mac80211 phy on the system.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {Promise<null|LuCI.Network.WifiDevice>}
+	 * Returns a promise resolving to the `WifiDevice` instance describing
+	 * the underlying radio device or `null` if the wireless radio could not
+	 * be found.
+	 */
 	getWifiDevice: function(devname) {
 		return initNetworkState().then(L.bind(function() {
 			var existingDevice = uci.get('wireless', devname);
@@ -1047,6 +1335,15 @@ Network = L.Class.extend({
 		}, this));
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Obtain a list of all configured radio devices.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {Promise<Array<LuCI.Network.WifiDevice>>}
+	 * Returns a promise resolving to an array of `WifiDevice` instances
+	 * describing the wireless radios configured in the system.
+	 * The order of the array corresponds to the order of the radios in
+	 * the configuration.
+	 */
 	getWifiDevices: function() {
 		return initNetworkState().then(L.bind(function() {
 			var uciWifiDevices = uci.sections('wireless', 'wifi-device'),
@@ -1061,6 +1358,21 @@ Network = L.Class.extend({
 		}, this));
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Get a {@link LuCI.Network.WifiNetwork WifiNetwork} instance describing
+	 * the given wireless network.
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} netname
+	 * The name of the wireless network to lookup. This may be either an uci
+	 * configuration section ID, a network ID in the form `radio#.network#`
+	 * or a Linux network device name like `wlan0` which is resolved to the
+	 * corresponding configuration section through `ubus` runtime information.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {Promise<null|LuCI.Network.WifiNetwork>}
+	 * Returns a promise resolving to the `WifiNetwork` instance describing
+	 * the wireless network or `null` if the corresponding network could not
+	 * be found.
+	 */
 	getWifiNetwork: function(netname) {
 		var sid, res, netid, radioname, radiostate, netstate;
 
@@ -1110,6 +1422,20 @@ Network = L.Class.extend({
 		}, this));
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Adds a new wireless network to the configuration and sets its options
+	 * to the provided values.
+	 *
+	 * @param {Object<string, string|string[]>} options
+	 * The options to set for the newly added wireless network. This object
+	 * must at least contain a `device` property which is set to the radio
+	 * name the new network belongs to.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {Promise<null|LuCI.Network.WifiNetwork>}
+	 * Returns a promise resolving to a `WifiNetwork` instance describing
+	 * the newly added wireless network or `null` if the given options
+	 * were invalid or if the associated radio device could not be found.
+	 */
 	addWifiNetwork: function(options) {
 		return initNetworkState().then(L.bind(function() {
 			if (options == null ||
@@ -1121,6 +1447,7 @@ Network = L.Class.extend({
 			if (existingDevice == null || existingDevice['.type'] != 'wifi-device')
 				return null;
 
+			/* XXX: need to add a named section (wifinet#) here */
 			var sid = uci.add('wireless', 'wifi-iface');
 			for (var key in options)
 				if (options.hasOwnProperty(key))
@@ -1133,6 +1460,20 @@ Network = L.Class.extend({
 		}, this));
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Deletes the given wireless network from the configuration.
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} netname
+	 * The name of the network to remove. This may be either a
+	 * network ID in the form `radio#.network#` or a Linux network device
+	 * name like `wlan0` which is resolved to the corresponding configuration
+	 * section through `ubus` runtime information.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {Promise<boolean>}
+	 * Returns a promise resolving to `true` if the wireless network has been
+	 * successfully deleted from the configuration or `false` if it could not
+	 * be found.
+	 */
 	deleteWifiNetwork: function(netname) {
 		return initNetworkState().then(L.bind(function() {
 			var sid = getWifiSidByIfname(netname);
@@ -1145,6 +1486,7 @@ Network = L.Class.extend({
 		}, this));
 	},
 
+	/* private */
 	getStatusByRoute: function(addr, mask) {
 		return initNetworkState().then(L.bind(function() {
 			var rv = [];
@@ -1174,6 +1516,7 @@ Network = L.Class.extend({
 		}, this));
 	},
 
+	/* private */
 	getStatusByAddress: function(addr) {
 		return initNetworkState().then(L.bind(function() {
 			var rv = [];
@@ -1203,6 +1546,16 @@ Network = L.Class.extend({
 		}, this));
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Get IPv4 wan networks.
+	 *
+	 * This function looks up all networks having a default `0.0.0.0/0` route
+	 * and returns them as array.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {Promise<Array<LuCI.Network.Protocol>>}
+	 * Returns a promise resolving to an array of `Protocol` subclass
+	 * instances describing the found default route interfaces.
+	 */
 	getWANNetworks: function() {
 		return this.getStatusByRoute('0.0.0.0', 0).then(L.bind(function(statuses) {
 			var rv = [];
@@ -1214,6 +1567,16 @@ Network = L.Class.extend({
 		}, this));
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Get IPv6 wan networks.
+	 *
+	 * This function looks up all networks having a default `::/0` route
+	 * and returns them as array.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {Promise<Array<LuCI.Network.Protocol>>}
+	 * Returns a promise resolving to an array of `Protocol` subclass
+	 * instances describing the found IPv6 default route interfaces.
+	 */
 	getWAN6Networks: function() {
 		return this.getStatusByRoute('::', 0).then(L.bind(function(statuses) {
 			var rv = [];
@@ -1225,12 +1588,47 @@ Network = L.Class.extend({
 		}, this));
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Describes an swconfig switch topology by specifying the CPU
+	 * connections and external port labels of a switch.
+	 *
+	 * @typedef {Object<string, Object|Array>} SwitchTopology
+	 * @memberof LuCI.Network
+	 *
+	 * @property {Object<number, string>} netdevs
+	 * The `netdevs` property points to an object describing the CPU port
+	 * connections of the switch. The numeric key of the enclosed object is
+	 * the port number, the value contains the Linux network device name the
+	 * port is hardwired to.
+	 *
+	 * @property {Array<Object<string, boolean|number|string>>} ports
+	 * The `ports` property points to an array describing the populated
+	 * ports of the switch in the external label order. Each array item is
+	 * an object containg the following keys:
+	 *  - `num` - the internal switch port number
+	 *  - `label` - the label of the port, e.g. `LAN 1` or `CPU (eth0)`
+	 *  - `device` - the connected Linux network device name (CPU ports only)
+	 *  - `tagged` - a boolean indicating whether the port must be tagged to
+	 *     function (CPU ports only)
+	 */
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the topologies of all swconfig switches found on the system.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {Promise<Object<string, LuCI.Network.SwitchTopology>>}
+	 * Returns a promise resolving to an object containing the topologies
+	 * of each switch. The object keys correspond to the name of the switches
+	 * such as `switch0`, the values are
+	 * {@link LuCI.Network.SwitchTopology SwitchTopology} objects describing
+	 * the layout.
+	 */
 	getSwitchTopologies: function() {
 		return initNetworkState().then(function() {
 			return _state.switches;
 		});
 	},
 
+	/* private */
 	instantiateNetwork: function(name, proto) {
 		if (name == null)
 			return null;
@@ -1241,6 +1639,7 @@ Network = L.Class.extend({
 		return new protoClass(name);
 	},
 
+	/* private */
 	instantiateDevice: function(name, network, extend) {
 		if (extend != null)
 			return new (Device.extend(extend))(name, network);
@@ -1248,24 +1647,54 @@ Network = L.Class.extend({
 		return new Device(name, network);
 	},
 
+	/* private */
 	instantiateWifiDevice: function(radioname, radiostate) {
 		return new WifiDevice(radioname, radiostate);
 	},
 
+	/* private */
 	instantiateWifiNetwork: function(sid, radioname, radiostate, netid, netstate) {
 		return new WifiNetwork(sid, radioname, radiostate, netid, netstate);
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Obtains the the network device name of the given object.
+	 *
+	 * @param {LuCI.Network.Protocol|LuCI.Network.Device|LuCI.Network.WifiDevice|LuCI.Network.WifiNetwork|string} obj
+	 * The object to get the device name from.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {null|string}
+	 * Returns a string containing the device name or `null` if the given
+	 * object could not be converted to a name.
+	 */
 	getIfnameOf: function(obj) {
 		return ifnameOf(obj);
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Queries the internal DSL modem type from board information.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {Promise<null|string>}
+	 * Returns a promise resolving to the type of the internal modem
+	 * (e.g. `vdsl`) or to `null` if no internal modem is present.
+	 */
 	getDSLModemType: function() {
 		return initNetworkState().then(function() {
 			return _state.hasDSLModem ? _state.hasDSLModem.type : null;
 		});
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Queries aggregated information about known hosts.
+	 *
+	 * This function aggregates information from various sources such as
+	 * DHCP lease databases, ARP and IPv6 neighbour entries, wireless
+	 * association list etc. and returns a {@link LuCI.Network.Hosts Hosts}
+	 * class instance describing the found hosts.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {Promise<LuCI.Network.Hosts>}
+	 * Returns a `Hosts` instance describing host known on the system.
+	 */
 	getHostHints: function() {
 		return initNetworkState().then(function() {
 			return new Hosts(_state.hosts);
@@ -1273,23 +1702,77 @@ Network = L.Class.extend({
 	}
 });
 
-Hosts = L.Class.extend({
+/**
+ * @class
+ * @memberof LuCI.Network
+ * @hideconstructor
+ * @classdesc
+ *
+ * The `LuCI.Network.Hosts` class encapsulates host information aggregated
+ * from multiple sources and provides convenience functions to access the
+ * host information by different criteria.
+ */
+Hosts = L.Class.extend(/** @lends LuCI.Network.Hosts.prototype */ {
 	__init__: function(hosts) {
 		this.hosts = hosts;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Lookup the hostname associated with the given MAC address.
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} mac
+	 * The MAC address to lookup.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {null|string}
+	 * Returns the hostname associated with the given MAC or `null` if
+	 * no matching host could be found or if no hostname is known for
+	 * the corresponding host.
+	 */
 	getHostnameByMACAddr: function(mac) {
 		return this.hosts[mac] ? this.hosts[mac].name : null;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Lookup the IPv4 address associated with the given MAC address.
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} mac
+	 * The MAC address to lookup.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {null|string}
+	 * Returns the IPv4 address associated with the given MAC or `null` if
+	 * no matching host could be found or if no IPv4 address is known for
+	 * the corresponding host.
+	 */
 	getIPAddrByMACAddr: function(mac) {
 		return this.hosts[mac] ? this.hosts[mac].ipv4 : null;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Lookup the IPv6 address associated with the given MAC address.
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} mac
+	 * The MAC address to lookup.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {null|string}
+	 * Returns the IPv6 address associated with the given MAC or `null` if
+	 * no matching host could be found or if no IPv6 address is known for
+	 * the corresponding host.
+	 */
 	getIP6AddrByMACAddr: function(mac) {
 		return this.hosts[mac] ? this.hosts[mac].ipv6 : null;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Lookup the hostname associated with the given IPv4 address.
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} ipaddr
+	 * The IPv4 address to lookup.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {null|string}
+	 * Returns the hostname associated with the given IPv4 or `null` if
+	 * no matching host could be found or if no hostname is known for
+	 * the corresponding host.
+	 */
 	getHostnameByIPAddr: function(ipaddr) {
 		for (var mac in this.hosts)
 			if (this.hosts[mac].ipv4 == ipaddr && this.hosts[mac].name != null)
@@ -1297,6 +1780,17 @@ Hosts = L.Class.extend({
 		return null;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Lookup the MAC address associated with the given IPv4 address.
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} ipaddr
+	 * The IPv4 address to lookup.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {null|string}
+	 * Returns the MAC address associated with the given IPv4 or `null` if
+	 * no matching host could be found or if no MAC address is known for
+	 * the corresponding host.
+	 */
 	getMACAddrByIPAddr: function(ipaddr) {
 		for (var mac in this.hosts)
 			if (this.hosts[mac].ipv4 == ipaddr)
@@ -1304,6 +1798,17 @@ Hosts = L.Class.extend({
 		return null;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Lookup the hostname associated with the given IPv6 address.
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} ipaddr
+	 * The IPv6 address to lookup.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {null|string}
+	 * Returns the hostname associated with the given IPv6 or `null` if
+	 * no matching host could be found or if no hostname is known for
+	 * the corresponding host.
+	 */
 	getHostnameByIP6Addr: function(ip6addr) {
 		for (var mac in this.hosts)
 			if (this.hosts[mac].ipv6 == ip6addr && this.hosts[mac].name != null)
@@ -1311,6 +1816,17 @@ Hosts = L.Class.extend({
 		return null;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Lookup the MAC address associated with the given IPv6 address.
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} ipaddr
+	 * The IPv6 address to lookup.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {null|string}
+	 * Returns the MAC address associated with the given IPv6 or `null` if
+	 * no matching host could be found or if no MAC address is known for
+	 * the corresponding host.
+	 */
 	getMACAddrByIP6Addr: function(ip6addr) {
 		for (var mac in this.hosts)
 			if (this.hosts[mac].ipv6 == ip6addr)
@@ -1318,6 +1834,27 @@ Hosts = L.Class.extend({
 		return null;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Return an array of (MAC address, name hint) tuples sorted by
+	 * MAC address.
+	 *
+	 * @param {boolean} [preferIp6=false]
+	 * Whether to prefer IPv6 addresses (`true`) or IPv4 addresses (`false`)
+	 * as name hint when no hostname is known for a specific MAC address.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {Array<Array<string>>}
+	 * Returns an array of arrays containing a name hint for each found
+	 * MAC address on the system. The array is sorted ascending by MAC.
+	 *
+	 * Each item of the resulting array is a two element array with the
+	 * MAC being the first element and the name hint being the second
+	 * element. The name hint is either the hostname, an IPv4 or an IPv6
+	 * address related to the MAC address.
+	 *
+	 * If no hostname but both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses are known, the
+	 * `preferIP6` flag specifies whether the IPv6 or the IPv4 address
+	 * is used as hint.
+	 */
 	getMACHints: function(preferIp6) {
 		var rv = [];
 		for (var mac in this.hosts) {
@@ -1331,7 +1868,17 @@ Hosts = L.Class.extend({
 	}
 });
 
-Protocol = L.Class.extend({
+/**
+ * @class
+ * @memberof LuCI.Network
+ * @hideconstructor
+ * @classdesc
+ *
+ * The `Network.Protocol` class serves as base for protocol specific
+ * subclasses which describe logical UCI networks defined by `config
+ * interface` sections in `/etc/config/network`.
+ */
+Protocol = L.Class.extend(/** @lends LuCI.Network.Protocol.prototype */ {
 	__init__: function(name) {
 		this.sid = name;
 	},
@@ -1354,14 +1901,41 @@ Protocol = L.Class.extend({
 		}
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Read the given UCI option value of this network.
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} opt
+	 * The UCI option name to read.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {null|string|string[]}
+	 * Returns the UCI option value or `null` if the requested option is
+	 * not found.
+	 */
 	get: function(opt) {
 		return uci.get('network', this.sid, opt);
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Set the given UCI option of this network to the given value.
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} opt
+	 * The name of the UCI option to set.
+	 *
+	 * @param {null|string|string[]} val
+	 * The value to set or `null` to remove the given option from the
+	 * configuration.
+	 */
 	set: function(opt, val) {
 		return uci.set('network', this.sid, opt, val);
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Get the associared Linux network device of this network.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {null|string}
+	 * Returns the name of the associated network device or `null` if
+	 * it could not be determined.
+	 */
 	getIfname: function() {
 		var ifname;
 
@@ -1377,10 +1951,31 @@ Protocol = L.Class.extend({
 		return (res != null ? res[0] : null);
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Get the name of this network protocol class.
+	 *
+	 * This function will be overwritten by subclasses created by
+	 * {@link LuCI.Network#registerProtocol Network.registerProtocol()}.
+	 *
+	 * @abstract
+	 * @returns {string}
+	 * Returns the name of the network protocol implementation, e.g.
+	 * `static` or `dhcp`.
+	 */
 	getProtocol: function() {
 		return null;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Return a human readable description for the protcol, such as
+	 * `Static address` or `DHCP client`.
+	 *
+	 * This function should be overwritten by subclasses.
+	 *
+	 * @abstract
+	 * @returns {string}
+	 * Returns the description string.
+	 */
 	getI18n: function() {
 		switch (this.getProtocol()) {
 		case 'none':   return _('Unmanaged');
@@ -1390,18 +1985,52 @@ Protocol = L.Class.extend({
 		}
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Get the type of the underlying interface.
+	 *
+	 * This function actually is a convenience wrapper around
+	 * `proto.get("type")` and is mainly used by other `LuCI.Network` code
+	 * to check whether the interface is declared as bridge in UCI.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {null|string}
+	 * Returns the value of the `type` option of the associated logical
+	 * interface or `null` if no `type` option is set.
+	 */
 	getType: function() {
 		return this._get('type');
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Get the name of the associated logical interface.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {string}
+	 * Returns the logical interface name, such as `lan` or `wan`.
+	 */
 	getName: function() {
 		return this.sid;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Get the uptime of the logical interface.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {number}
+	 * Returns the uptime of the associated interface in seconds.
+	 */
 	getUptime: function() {
 		return this._ubus('uptime') || 0;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Get the logical interface expiry time in seconds.
+	 *
+	 * For protocols that have a concept of a lease, such as DHCP or
+	 * DHCPv6, this function returns the remaining time in seconds
+	 * until the lease expires.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {number}
+	 * Returns the amount of seconds until the lease expires or `-1`
+	 * if it isn't applicable to the associated protocol.
+	 */
 	getExpiry: function() {
 		var u = this._ubus('uptime'),
 		    d = this._ubus('data');
@@ -1415,10 +2044,29 @@ Protocol = L.Class.extend({
 		return -1;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Get the metric value of the logical interface.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {number}
+	 * Returns the current metric value used for device and network
+	 * routes spawned by the associated logical interface.
+	 */
 	getMetric: function() {
 		return this._ubus('metric') || 0;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Get the requested firewall zone name of the logical interface.
+	 *
+	 * Some protocol implementations request a specific firewall zone
+	 * to trigger inclusion of their resulting network devices into the
+	 * firewall rule set.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {null|string}
+	 * Returns the requested firewall zone name as published in the
+	 * `ubus` runtime information or `null` if the remote protocol
+	 * handler didn't request a zone.
+	 */
 	getZoneName: function() {
 		var d = this._ubus('data');
 
@@ -1428,11 +2076,26 @@ Protocol = L.Class.extend({
 		return null;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Query the first (primary) IPv4 address of the logical interface.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {null|string}
+	 * Returns the primary IPv4 address registered by the protocol handler
+	 * or `null` if no IPv4 addresses were set.
+	 */
 	getIPAddr: function() {
 		var addrs = this._ubus('ipv4-address');
 		return ((Array.isArray(addrs) && addrs.length) ? addrs[0].address : null);
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Query all IPv4 addresses of the logical interface.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {string[]}
+	 * Returns an array of IPv4 addresses in CIDR notation which have been
+	 * registered by the protocol handler. The order of the resulting array
+	 * follows the order of the addresses in `ubus` runtime information.
+	 */
 	getIPAddrs: function() {
 		var addrs = this._ubus('ipv4-address'),
 		    rv = [];
@@ -1444,12 +2107,27 @@ Protocol = L.Class.extend({
 		return rv;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Query the first (primary) IPv4 netmask of the logical interface.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {null|string}
+	 * Returns the netmask of the primary IPv4 address registered by the
+	 * protocol handler or `null` if no IPv4 addresses were set.
+	 */
 	getNetmask: function() {
 		var addrs = this._ubus('ipv4-address');
 		if (Array.isArray(addrs) && addrs.length)
 			return prefixToMask(addrs[0].mask, false);
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Query the gateway (nexthop) of the default route associated with
+	 * this logical interface.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {string}
+	 * Returns a string containing the IPv4 nexthop address of the associated
+	 * default route or `null` if no default route was found.
+	 */
 	getGatewayAddr: function() {
 		var routes = this._ubus('route');
 
@@ -1463,6 +2141,13 @@ Protocol = L.Class.extend({
 		return null;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Query the IPv4 DNS servers associated with the logical interface.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {string[]}
+	 * Returns an array of IPv4 DNS servers registered by the remote
+	 * protocol backend.
+	 */
 	getDNSAddrs: function() {
 		var addrs = this._ubus('dns-server'),
 		    rv = [];
@@ -1475,6 +2160,13 @@ Protocol = L.Class.extend({
 		return rv;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Query the first (primary) IPv6 address of the logical interface.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {null|string}
+	 * Returns the primary IPv6 address registered by the protocol handler
+	 * in CIDR notation or `null` if no IPv6 addresses were set.
+	 */
 	getIP6Addr: function() {
 		var addrs = this._ubus('ipv6-address');
 
@@ -1489,6 +2181,14 @@ Protocol = L.Class.extend({
 		return null;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Query all IPv6 addresses of the logical interface.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {string[]}
+	 * Returns an array of IPv6 addresses in CIDR notation which have been
+	 * registered by the protocol handler. The order of the resulting array
+	 * follows the order of the addresses in `ubus` runtime information.
+	 */
 	getIP6Addrs: function() {
 		var addrs = this._ubus('ipv6-address'),
 		    rv = [];
@@ -1508,6 +2208,13 @@ Protocol = L.Class.extend({
 		return rv;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Query the IPv6 DNS servers associated with the logical interface.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {string[]}
+	 * Returns an array of IPv6 DNS servers registered by the remote
+	 * protocol backend.
+	 */
 	getDNS6Addrs: function() {
 		var addrs = this._ubus('dns-server'),
 		    rv = [];
@@ -1520,6 +2227,13 @@ Protocol = L.Class.extend({
 		return rv;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Query the routed IPv6 prefix associated with the logical interface.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {null|string}
+	 * Returns the routed IPv6 prefix registered by the remote protocol
+	 * handler or `null` if no prefix is present.
+	 */
 	getIP6Prefix: function() {
 		var prefixes = this._ubus('ipv6-prefix');
 
@@ -1529,6 +2243,22 @@ Protocol = L.Class.extend({
 		return null;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Query interface error messages published in `ubus` runtime state.
+	 *
+	 * Interface errors are emitted by remote protocol handlers if the setup
+	 * of the underlying logical interface failed, e.g. due to bad
+	 * configuration or network connectivity issues.
+	 *
+	 * This function will translate the found error codes to human readable
+	 * messages using the descriptions registered by
+	 * {@link LuCI.Network#registerErrorCode Network.registerErrorCode()}
+	 * and fall back to `"Unknown error (%s)"` where `%s` is replaced by the
+	 * error code in case no translation can be found.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {string[]}
+	 * Returns an array of translated interface error messages.
+	 */
 	getErrors: function() {
 		var errors = this._ubus('errors'),
 		    rv = null;
@@ -1546,30 +2276,117 @@ Protocol = L.Class.extend({
 		return rv;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Checks whether the underlying logical interface is declared as bridge.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {boolean}
+	 * Returns `true` when the interface is declared with `option type bridge`
+	 * and when the associated protocol implementation is not marked virtual
+	 * or `false` when the logical interface is no bridge.
+	 */
 	isBridge: function() {
 		return (!this.isVirtual() && this.getType() == 'bridge');
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Get the name of the opkg package providing the protocol functionality.
+	 *
+	 * This function should be overwritten by protocol specific subclasses.
+	 *
+	 * @abstract
+	 *
+	 * @returns {string}
+	 * Returns the name of the opkg package required for the protocol to
+	 * function, e.g. `odhcp6c` for the `dhcpv6` prototocol.
+	 */
 	getOpkgPackage: function() {
 		return null;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Checks whether the protocol functionality is installed.
+	 *
+	 * This function exists for compatibility with old code, it always
+	 * returns `true`.
+	 *
+	 * @deprecated
+	 * @abstract
+	 *
+	 * @returns {boolean}
+	 * Returns `true` if the protocol support is installed, else `false`.
+	 */
 	isInstalled: function() {
 		return true;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Checks whether this protocol is "virtual".
+	 *
+	 * A "virtual" protocol is a protocol which spawns its own interfaces
+	 * on demand instead of using existing physical interfaces.
+	 *
+	 * Examples for virtual protocols are `6in4` which `gre` spawn tunnel
+	 * network device on startup, examples for non-virtual protcols are
+	 * `dhcp` or `static` which apply IP configuration to existing interfaces.
+	 *
+	 * This function should be overwritten by subclasses.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {boolean}
+	 * Returns a boolean indicating whether the underlying protocol spawns
+	 * dynamic interfaces (`true`) or not (`false`).
+	 */
 	isVirtual: function() {
 		return false;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Checks whether this protocol is "floating".
+	 *
+	 * A "floating" protocol is a protocol which spawns its own interfaces
+	 * on demand, like a virtual one but which relies on an existinf lower
+	 * level interface to initiate the connection.
+	 *
+	 * An example for such a protocol is "pppoe".
+	 *
+	 * This function exists for backwards compatibility with older code
+	 * but should not be used anymore.
+	 *
+	 * @deprecated
+	 * @returns {boolean}
+	 * Returns a boolean indicating whether this protocol is floating (`true`)
+	 * or not (`false`).
+	 */
 	isFloating: function() {
 		return false;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Checks whether this logical interface is dynamic.
+	 *
+	 * A dynamic interface is an interface which has been created at runtime,
+	 * e.g. as sub-interface of another interface, but which is not backed by
+	 * any user configuration. Such dynamic interfaces cannot be edited but
+	 * only brought down or restarted.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {boolean}
+	 * Returns a boolean indicating whether this interface is dynamic (`true`)
+	 * or not (`false`).
+	 */
 	isDynamic: function() {
 		return (this._ubus('dynamic') == true);
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Checks whether this interface is an alias interface.
+	 *
+	 * Alias interfaces are interfaces layering on top of another interface
+	 * and are denoted by a special `@interfacename` notation in the
+	 * underlying `ifname` option.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {null|string}
+	 * Returns the name of the parent interface if this logical interface
+	 * is an alias or `null` if it is not an alias interface.
+	 */
 	isAlias: function() {
 		var ifnames = L.toArray(uci.get('network', this.sid, 'ifname')),
 		    parent = null;
@@ -1583,6 +2400,13 @@ Protocol = L.Class.extend({
 		return parent;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Checks whether this logical interface is "empty", meaning that ut
+	 * has no network devices attached.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {boolean}
+	 * Returns `true` if this logical interface is empty, else `false`.
+	 */
 	isEmpty: function() {
 		if (this.isFloating())
 			return false;
@@ -1599,10 +2423,29 @@ Protocol = L.Class.extend({
 		return empty;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Checks whether this logical interface is configured and running.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {boolean}
+	 * Returns `true` when the interface is active or `false` when it is not.
+	 */
 	isUp: function() {
 		return (this._ubus('up') == true);
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Add the given network device to the logical interface.
+	 *
+	 * @param {LuCI.Network.Protocol|LuCI.Network.Device|LuCI.Network.WifiDevice|LuCI.Network.WifiNetwork|string} device
+	 * The object or device name to add to the logical interface. In case the
+	 * given argument is not a string, it is resolved though the
+	 * {@link LuCI.Network#getIfnameOf Network.getIfnameOf()} function.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {boolean}
+	 * Returns `true` if the device name has been added or `false` if any
+	 * argument was invalid, if the device was already part of the logical
+	 * interface or if the logical interface is virtual.
+	 */
 	addDevice: function(ifname) {
 		ifname = ifnameOf(ifname);
 
@@ -1617,6 +2460,19 @@ Protocol = L.Class.extend({
 		return appendValue('network', this.sid, 'ifname', ifname);
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Remove the given network device from the logical interface.
+	 *
+	 * @param {LuCI.Network.Protocol|LuCI.Network.Device|LuCI.Network.WifiDevice|LuCI.Network.WifiNetwork|string} device
+	 * The object or device name to remove from the logical interface. In case
+	 * the given argument is not a string, it is resolved though the
+	 * {@link LuCI.Network#getIfnameOf Network.getIfnameOf()} function.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {boolean}
+	 * Returns `true` if the device name has been added or `false` if any
+	 * argument was invalid, if the device was already part of the logical
+	 * interface or if the logical interface is virtual.
+	 */
 	deleteDevice: function(ifname) {
 		var rv = false;
 
@@ -1636,6 +2492,14 @@ Protocol = L.Class.extend({
 		return rv;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns the Linux network device associated with this logical
+	 * interface.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {LuCI.Network.Device}
+	 * Returns a `Network.Device` class instance representing the
+	 * expected Linux network device according to the configuration.
+	 */
 	getDevice: function() {
 		if (this.isVirtual()) {
 			var ifname = '%s-%s'.format(this.getProtocol(), this.sid);
@@ -1661,16 +2525,42 @@ Protocol = L.Class.extend({
 		}
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns the layer 2 linux network device currently associated
+	 * with this logical interface.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {LuCI.Network.Device}
+	 * Returns a `Network.Device` class instance representing the Linux
+	 * network device currently associated with the logical interface.
+	 */
 	getL2Device: function() {
 		var ifname = this._ubus('device');
 		return (ifname != null ? L.network.instantiateDevice(ifname, this) : null);
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns the layer 3 linux network device currently associated
+	 * with this logical interface.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {LuCI.Network.Device}
+	 * Returns a `Network.Device` class instance representing the Linux
+	 * network device currently associated with the logical interface.
+	 */
 	getL3Device: function() {
 		var ifname = this._ubus('l3_device');
 		return (ifname != null ? L.network.instantiateDevice(ifname, this) : null);
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns a list of network sub-devices associated with this logical
+	 * interface.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {null|Array<LuCI.Network.Device>}
+	 * Returns an array of of `Network.Device` class instances representing
+	 * the sub-devices attached to this logical interface or `null` if the
+	 * logical interface does not support sub-devices, e.g. because it is
+	 * virtual and not a bridge.
+	 */
 	getDevices: function() {
 		var rv = [];
 
@@ -1712,6 +2602,19 @@ Protocol = L.Class.extend({
 		return rv;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Checks whether this logical interface contains the given device
+	 * object.
+	 *
+	 * @param {LuCI.Network.Protocol|LuCI.Network.Device|LuCI.Network.WifiDevice|LuCI.Network.WifiNetwork|string} device
+	 * The object or device name to check. In case the given argument is not
+	 * a string, it is resolved though the
+	 * {@link LuCI.Network#getIfnameOf Network.getIfnameOf()} function.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {boolean}
+	 * Returns `true` when this logical interface contains the given network
+	 * device or `false` if not.
+	 */
 	containsDevice: function(ifname) {
 		ifname = ifnameOf(ifname);
 
@@ -1744,7 +2647,16 @@ Protocol = L.Class.extend({
 	}
 });
 
-Device = L.Class.extend({
+/**
+ * @class
+ * @memberof LuCI.Network
+ * @hideconstructor
+ * @classdesc
+ *
+ * A `Network.Device` class instance represents an underlying Linux network
+ * device and allows querying device details such as packet statistics or MTU.
+ */
+Device = L.Class.extend(/** @lends LuCI.Network.Device.prototype */ {
 	__init__: function(ifname, network) {
 		var wif = getWifiSidByIfname(ifname);
 
@@ -1773,29 +2685,73 @@ Device = L.Class.extend({
 		return rv;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Get the name of the network device.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {string}
+	 * Returns the name of the device, e.g. `eth0` or `wlan0`.
+	 */
 	getName: function() {
 		return (this.wif != null ? this.wif.getIfname() : this.ifname);
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Get the MAC address of the device.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {null|string}
+	 * Returns the MAC address of the device or `null` if not applicable,
+	 * e.g. for non-ethernet tunnel devices.
+	 */
 	getMAC: function() {
 		var mac = this._devstate('macaddr');
 		return mac ? mac.toUpperCase() : null;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Get the MTU of the device.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {number}
+	 * Returns the MTU of the device.
+	 */
 	getMTU: function() {
 		return this._devstate('mtu');
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Get the IPv4 addresses configured on the device.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {string[]}
+	 * Returns an array of IPv4 address strings.
+	 */
 	getIPAddrs: function() {
 		var addrs = this._devstate('ipaddrs');
 		return (Array.isArray(addrs) ? addrs : []);
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Get the IPv6 addresses configured on the device.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {string[]}
+	 * Returns an array of IPv6 address strings.
+	 */
 	getIP6Addrs: function() {
 		var addrs = this._devstate('ip6addrs');
 		return (Array.isArray(addrs) ? addrs : []);
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Get the type of the device..
+	 *
+	 * @returns {string}
+	 * Returns a string describing the type of the network device:
+	 *  - `alias` if it is an abstract alias device (`@` notation)
+	 *  - `wifi` if it is a wireless interface (e.g. `wlan0`)
+	 *  - `bridge` if it is a bridge device (e.g. `br-lan`)
+	 *  - `tunnel` if it is a tun or tap device (e.g. `tun0`)
+	 *  - `vlan` if it is a vlan device (e.g. `eth0.1`)
+	 *  - `switch` if it is a switch device (e.g.`eth1` connected to switch0)
+	 *  - `ethernet` for all other device types
+	 */
 	getType: function() {
 		if (this.ifname != null && this.ifname.charAt(0) == '@')
 			return 'alias';
@@ -1813,6 +2769,13 @@ Device = L.Class.extend({
 			return 'ethernet';
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Get a short description string for the device.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {string}
+	 * Returns the device name for non-wifi devices or a string containing
+	 * the operation mode and SSID for wifi devices.
+	 */
 	getShortName: function() {
 		if (this.wif != null)
 			return this.wif.getShortName();
@@ -1820,6 +2783,13 @@ Device = L.Class.extend({
 		return this.ifname;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Get a long description string for the device.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {string}
+	 * Returns a string containing the type description and device name
+	 * for non-wifi devices or operation mode and ssid for wifi ones.
+	 */
 	getI18n: function() {
 		if (this.wif != null) {
 			return '%s: %s "%s"'.format(
@@ -1831,6 +2801,13 @@ Device = L.Class.extend({
 		return '%s: "%s"'.format(this.getTypeI18n(), this.getName());
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Get a string describing the device type.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {string}
+	 * Returns a string describing the type, e.g. "Wireless Adapter" or
+	 * "Bridge".
+	 */
 	getTypeI18n: function() {
 		switch (this.getType()) {
 		case 'alias':
@@ -1856,6 +2833,14 @@ Device = L.Class.extend({
 		}
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Get the associated bridge ports of the device.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {null|Array<LuCI.Network.Device>}
+	 * Returns an array of `Network.Device` instances representing the ports
+	 * (slave interfaces) of the bridge or `null` when this device isn't
+	 * a Linux bridge.
+	 */
 	getPorts: function() {
 		var br = _state.bridges[this.ifname],
 		    rv = [];
@@ -1871,16 +2856,37 @@ Device = L.Class.extend({
 		return rv;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Get the bridge ID
+	 *
+	 * @returns {null|string}
+	 * Returns the ID of this network bridge or `null` if this network
+	 * device is not a Linux bridge.
+	 */
 	getBridgeID: function() {
 		var br = _state.bridges[this.ifname];
 		return (br != null ? br.id : null);
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Get the bridge STP setting
+	 *
+	 * @returns {boolean}
+	 * Returns `true` when this device is a Linux bridge and has `stp`
+	 * enabled, else `false`.
+	 */
 	getBridgeSTP: function() {
 		var br = _state.bridges[this.ifname];
 		return (br != null ? !!br.stp : false);
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Checks whether this device is up.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {boolean}
+	 * Returns `true` when the associated device is running pr `false`
+	 * when it is down or absent.
+	 */
 	isUp: function() {
 		var up = this._devstate('flags', 'up');
 
@@ -1890,38 +2896,91 @@ Device = L.Class.extend({
 		return up;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Checks whether this device is a Linux bridge.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {boolean}
+	 * Returns `true` when the network device is present and a Linux bridge,
+	 * else `false`.
+	 */
 	isBridge: function() {
 		return (this.getType() == 'bridge');
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Checks whether this device is part of a Linux bridge.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {boolean}
+	 * Returns `true` when this network device is part of a bridge,
+	 * else `false`.
+	 */
 	isBridgePort: function() {
 		return (this._devstate('bridge') != null);
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Get the amount of transmitted bytes.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {number}
+	 * Returns the amount of bytes transmitted by the network device.
+	 */
 	getTXBytes: function() {
 		var stat = this._devstate('stats');
 		return (stat != null ? stat.tx_bytes || 0 : 0);
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Get the amount of received bytes.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {number}
+	 * Returns the amount of bytes received by the network device.
+	 */
 	getRXBytes: function() {
 		var stat = this._devstate('stats');
 		return (stat != null ? stat.rx_bytes || 0 : 0);
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Get the amount of transmitted packets.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {number}
+	 * Returns the amount of packets transmitted by the network device.
+	 */
 	getTXPackets: function() {
 		var stat = this._devstate('stats');
 		return (stat != null ? stat.tx_packets || 0 : 0);
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Get the amount of received packets.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {number}
+	 * Returns the amount of packets received by the network device.
+	 */
 	getRXPackets: function() {
 		var stat = this._devstate('stats');
 		return (stat != null ? stat.rx_packets || 0 : 0);
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Get the primary logical interface this device is assigned to.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {null|LuCI.Network.Protocol}
+	 * Returns a `Network.Protocol` instance representing the logical
+	 * interface this device is attached to or `null` if it is not
+	 * assigned to any logical interface.
+	 */
 	getNetwork: function() {
 		return this.getNetworks()[0];
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Get the logical interfaces this device is assigned to.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {Array<LuCI.Network.Protocol>}
+	 * Returns an array of `Network.Protocol` instances representing the
+	 * logical interfaces this device is assigned to.
+	 */
 	getNetworks: function() {
 		if (this.networks == null) {
 			this.networks = [];
@@ -1938,12 +2997,30 @@ Device = L.Class.extend({
 		return this.networks;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Get the related wireless network this device is related to.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {null|LuCI.Network.WifiNetwork}
+	 * Returns a `Network.WifiNetwork` instance representing the wireless
+	 * network corresponding to this network device or `null` if this device
+	 * is not a wireless device.
+	 */
 	getWifiNetwork: function() {
 		return (this.wif != null ? this.wif : null);
 	}
 });
 
-WifiDevice = L.Class.extend({
+/**
+ * @class
+ * @memberof LuCI.Network
+ * @hideconstructor
+ * @classdesc
+ *
+ * A `Network.WifiDevice` class instance represents a wireless radio device
+ * present on the system and provides wireless capability information as
+ * well as methods for enumerating related wireless networks.
+ */
+WifiDevice = L.Class.extend(/** @lends LuCI.Network.WifiDevice.prototype */ {
 	__init__: function(name, radiostate) {
 		var uciWifiDevice = uci.get('wireless', name);
 
@@ -1960,6 +3037,7 @@ WifiDevice = L.Class.extend({
 		};
 	},
 
+	/* private */
 	ubus: function(/* ... */) {
 		var v = this._ubusdata;
 
@@ -1972,32 +3050,105 @@ WifiDevice = L.Class.extend({
 		return v;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Read the given UCI option value of this wireless device.
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} opt
+	 * The UCI option name to read.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {null|string|string[]}
+	 * Returns the UCI option value or `null` if the requested option is
+	 * not found.
+	 */
 	get: function(opt) {
 		return uci.get('wireless', this.sid, opt);
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Set the given UCI option of this network to the given value.
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} opt
+	 * The name of the UCI option to set.
+	 *
+	 * @param {null|string|string[]} val
+	 * The value to set or `null` to remove the given option from the
+	 * configuration.
+	 */
 	set: function(opt, value) {
 		return uci.set('wireless', this.sid, opt, value);
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Checks whether this wireless radio is disabled.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {boolean}
+	 * Returns `true` when the wireless radio is marked as disabled in `ubus`
+	 * runtime state or when the `disabled` option is set in the corresponding
+	 * UCI configuration.
+	 */
 	isDisabled: function() {
 		return this.ubus('dev', 'disabled') || this.get('disabled') == '1';
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Get the configuration name of this wireless radio.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {string}
+	 * Returns the UCI section name (e.g. `radio0`) of the corresponding
+	 * radio configuration which also serves as unique logical identifier
+	 * for the wireless phy.
+	 */
 	getName: function() {
 		return this.sid;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Gets a list of supported hwmodes.
+	 *
+	 * The hwmode values describe the frequency band and wireless standard
+	 * versions supported by the wireless phy.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {string[]}
+	 * Returns an array of valid hwmode values for this radio. Currently
+	 * known mode values are:
+	 *  - `a` - Legacy 802.11a mode, 5 GHz, up to 54 Mbit/s
+	 *  - `b` - Legacy 802.11b mode, 2.4 GHz, up to 11 Mbit/s
+	 *  - `g` - Legacy 802.11g mode, 2.4 GHz, up to 54 Mbit/s
+	 *  - `n` - IEEE 802.11n mode, 2.4 or 5 GHz, up to 600 Mbit/s
+	 *  - `ac` - IEEE 802.11ac mode, 5 GHz, up to 6770 Mbit/s
+	 */
 	getHWModes: function() {
 		var hwmodes = this.ubus('dev', 'iwinfo', 'hwmodes');
 		return Array.isArray(hwmodes) ? hwmodes : [ 'b', 'g' ];
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Gets a list of supported htmodes.
+	 *
+	 * The htmode values describe the wide-frequency options supported by
+	 * the wireless phy.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {string[]}
+	 * Returns an array of valid htmode values for this radio. Currently
+	 * known mode values are:
+	 *  - `HT20` - applicable to IEEE 802.11n, 20 MHz wide channels
+	 *  - `HT40` - applicable to IEEE 802.11n, 40 MHz wide channels
+	 *  - `VHT20` - applicable to IEEE 802.11ac, 20 MHz wide channels
+	 *  - `VHT40` - applicable to IEEE 802.11ac, 40 MHz wide channels
+	 *  - `VHT80` - applicable to IEEE 802.11ac, 80 MHz wide channels
+	 *  - `VHT160` - applicable to IEEE 802.11ac, 160 MHz wide channels
+	 */
 	getHTModes: function() {
 		var htmodes = this.ubus('dev', 'iwinfo', 'htmodes');
 		return (Array.isArray(htmodes) && htmodes.length) ? htmodes : null;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Get a string describing the wireless radio hardware.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {string}
+	 * Returns the description string.
+	 */
 	getI18n: function() {
 		var hw = this.ubus('dev', 'iwinfo', 'hardware'),
 		    type = L.isObject(hw) ? hw.name : null;
@@ -2017,10 +3168,59 @@ WifiDevice = L.Class.extend({
 		return '%s 802.11%s Wireless Controller (%s)'.format(type || 'Generic', modestr, this.getName());
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * A wireless scan result object describes a neighbouring wireless
+	 * network found in the vincinity.
+	 *
+	 * @typedef {Object<string, number|string|LuCI.Network.WifiEncryption>} WifiScanResult
+	 * @memberof LuCI.Network
+	 *
+	 * @property {string} ssid
+	 * The SSID / Mesh ID of the network.
+	 *
+	 * @property {string} bssid
+	 * The BSSID if the network.
+	 *
+	 * @property {string} mode
+	 * The operation mode of the network (`Master`, `Ad-Hoc`, `Mesh Point`).
+	 *
+	 * @property {number} channel
+	 * The wireless channel of the network.
+	 *
+	 * @property {number} signal
+	 * The received signal strength of the network in dBm.
+	 *
+	 * @property {number} quality
+	 * The numeric quality level of the signal, can be used in conjunction
+	 * with `quality_max` to calculate a quality percentage.
+	 *
+	 * @property {number} quality_max
+	 * The maximum possible quality level of the signal, can be used in
+	 * conjunction with `quality` to calculate a quality percentage.
+	 *
+	 * @property {LuCI.Network.WifiEncryption} encryption
+	 * The encryption used by the wireless network.
+	 */
+
+	/**
+	 * Trigger a wireless scan on this radio device and obtain a list of
+	 * nearby networks.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {Promise<Array<LuCI.Network.WifiScanResult>>}
+	 * Returns a promise resolving to an array of scan result objects
+	 * describing the networks found in the vincinity.
+	 */
 	getScanList: function() {
 		return callIwinfoScan(this.sid);
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Check whether the wireless radio is marked as up in the `ubus`
+	 * runtime state.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {boolean}
+	 * Returns `true` when the radio device is up, else `false`.
+	 */
 	isUp: function() {
 		if (L.isObject(_state.radios[this.sid]))
 			return (_state.radios[this.sid].up == true);
@@ -2028,6 +3228,21 @@ WifiDevice = L.Class.extend({
 		return false;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Get the wifi network of the given name belonging to this radio device
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} network
+	 * The name of the wireless network to lookup. This may be either an uci
+	 * configuration section ID, a network ID in the form `radio#.network#`
+	 * or a Linux network device name like `wlan0` which is resolved to the
+	 * corresponding configuration section through `ubus` runtime information.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {Promise<LuCI.Network.WifiNetwork>}
+	 * Returns a promise resolving to a `Network.WifiNetwork` instance
+	 * representing the wireless network and rejecting with `null` if
+	 * the given network could not be found or is not associated with
+	 * this radio device.
+	 */
 	getWifiNetwork: function(network) {
 		return L.network.getWifiNetwork(network).then(L.bind(function(networkInstance) {
 			var uciWifiIface = (networkInstance.sid ? uci.get('wireless', networkInstance.sid) : null);
@@ -2039,6 +3254,14 @@ WifiDevice = L.Class.extend({
 		}, this));
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Get all wireless networks associated with this wireless radio device.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {Promise<Array<LuCI.Network.WifiNetwork>>}
+	 * Returns a promise resolving to an array of `Network.WifiNetwork`
+	 * instances respresenting the wireless networks associated with this
+	 * radio device.
+	 */
 	getWifiNetworks: function() {
 		var uciWifiIfaces = uci.sections('wireless', 'wifi-iface'),
 		    tasks = [];
@@ -2050,6 +3273,18 @@ WifiDevice = L.Class.extend({
 		return Promise.all(tasks);
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Adds a new wireless network associated with this radio device to the
+	 * configuration and sets its options to the provided values.
+	 *
+	 * @param {Object<string, string|string[]>} [options]
+	 * The options to set for the newly added wireless network.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {Promise<null|LuCI.Network.WifiNetwork>}
+	 * Returns a promise resolving to a `WifiNetwork` instance describing
+	 * the newly added wireless network or `null` if the given options
+	 * were invalid.
+	 */
 	addWifiNetwork: function(options) {
 		if (!L.isObject(options))
 			options = {};
@@ -2059,6 +3294,22 @@ WifiDevice = L.Class.extend({
 		return L.network.addWifiNetwork(options);
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Deletes the wireless network with the given name associated with this
+	 * radio device.
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} network
+	 * The name of the wireless network to lookup. This may be either an uci
+	 * configuration section ID, a network ID in the form `radio#.network#`
+	 * or a Linux network device name like `wlan0` which is resolved to the
+	 * corresponding configuration section through `ubus` runtime information.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {Promise<boolean>}
+	 * Returns a promise resolving to `true` when the wireless network was
+	 * successfully deleted from the configuration or `false` when the given
+	 * network could not be found or if the found network was not associated
+	 * with this wireless radio device.
+	 */
 	deleteWifiNetwork: function(network) {
 		var sid = null;
 
@@ -2081,7 +3332,18 @@ WifiDevice = L.Class.extend({
 	}
 });
 
-WifiNetwork = L.Class.extend({
+/**
+ * @class
+ * @memberof LuCI.Network
+ * @hideconstructor
+ * @classdesc
+ *
+ * A `Network.WifiNetwork` instance represents a wireless network (vif)
+ * configured on top of a radio device and provides functions for querying
+ * the runtime state of the network. Most radio devices support multiple
+ * such networks in parallel.
+ */
+WifiNetwork = L.Class.extend(/** @lends LuCI.Network.WifiNetwork.prototype */ {
 	__init__: function(sid, radioname, radiostate, netid, netstate) {
 		this.sid    = sid;
 		this.netid  = netid;
@@ -2104,22 +3366,68 @@ WifiNetwork = L.Class.extend({
 		return v;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Read the given UCI option value of this wireless network.
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} opt
+	 * The UCI option name to read.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {null|string|string[]}
+	 * Returns the UCI option value or `null` if the requested option is
+	 * not found.
+	 */
 	get: function(opt) {
 		return uci.get('wireless', this.sid, opt);
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Set the given UCI option of this network to the given value.
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} opt
+	 * The name of the UCI option to set.
+	 *
+	 * @param {null|string|string[]} val
+	 * The value to set or `null` to remove the given option from the
+	 * configuration.
+	 */
 	set: function(opt, value) {
 		return uci.set('wireless', this.sid, opt, value);
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Checks whether this wireless network is disabled.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {boolean}
+	 * Returns `true` when the wireless radio is marked as disabled in `ubus`
+	 * runtime state or when the `disabled` option is set in the corresponding
+	 * UCI configuration.
+	 */
 	isDisabled: function() {
 		return this.ubus('dev', 'disabled') || this.get('disabled') == '1';
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Get the configured operation mode of the wireless network.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {string}
+	 * Returns the configured operation mode. Possible values are:
+	 *  - `ap` - Master (Access Point) mode
+	 *  - `sta` - Station (client) mode
+	 *  - `adhoc` - Ad-Hoc (IBSS) mode
+	 *  - `mesh` - Mesh (IEEE 802.11s) mode
+	 *  - `monitor` - Monitor mode
+	 */
 	getMode: function() {
 		return this.ubus('net', 'config', 'mode') || this.get('mode') || 'ap';
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Get the configured SSID of the wireless network.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {null|string}
+	 * Returns the configured SSID value or `null` when this network is
+	 * in mesh mode.
+	 */
 	getSSID: function() {
 		if (this.getMode() == 'mesh')
 			return null;
@@ -2127,6 +3435,13 @@ WifiNetwork = L.Class.extend({
 		return this.ubus('net', 'config', 'ssid') || this.get('ssid');
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Get the configured Mesh ID of the wireless network.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {null|string}
+	 * Returns the configured mesh ID value or `null` when this network
+	 * is not in mesh mode.
+	 */
 	getMeshID: function() {
 		if (this.getMode() != 'mesh')
 			return null;
@@ -2134,22 +3449,59 @@ WifiNetwork = L.Class.extend({
 		return this.ubus('net', 'config', 'mesh_id') || this.get('mesh_id');
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Get the configured BSSID of the wireless network.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {null|string}
+	 * Returns the BSSID value or `null` if none has been specified.
+	 */
 	getBSSID: function() {
 		return this.ubus('net', 'config', 'bssid') || this.get('bssid');
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Get the names of the logical interfaces this wireless network is
+	 * attached to.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {string[]}
+	 * Returns an array of logical interface names.
+	 */
 	getNetworkNames: function() {
 		return L.toArray(this.ubus('net', 'config', 'network') || this.get('network'));
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Get the internal network ID of this wireless network.
+	 *
+	 * The network ID is a LuCI specific identifer in the form
+	 * `radio#.network#` to identify wireless networks by their corresponding
+	 * radio and network index numbers.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {string}
+	 * Returns the LuCI specific network ID.
+	 */
 	getID: function() {
 		return this.netid;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Get the configuration ID of this wireless network.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {string}
+	 * Returns the corresponding UCI section ID of the network.
+	 */
 	getName: function() {
 		return this.sid;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Get the Linux network device name.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {null|string}
+	 * Returns the current Linux network device name as resolved from
+	 * `ubus` runtime information or `null` if this network has no
+	 * associated network device, e.g. when not configured or up.
+	 */
 	getIfname: function() {
 		var ifname = this.ubus('net', 'ifname') || this.ubus('net', 'iwinfo', 'ifname');
 
@@ -2159,10 +3511,25 @@ WifiNetwork = L.Class.extend({
 		return ifname;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Get the name of the corresponding wifi radio device.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {null|string}
+	 * Returns the name of the radio device this network is configured on
+	 * or `null` if it cannot be determined.
+	 */
 	getWifiDeviceName: function() {
 		return this.ubus('radio') || this.get('device');
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Get the corresponding wifi radio device.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {null|LuCI.Network.WifiDevice}
+	 * Returns a `Network.WifiDevice` instance representing the corresponding
+	 * wifi radio device or `null` if the related radio device could not be
+	 * found.
+	 */
 	getWifiDevice: function() {
 		var radioname = this.getWifiDeviceName();
 
@@ -2172,6 +3539,18 @@ WifiNetwork = L.Class.extend({
 		return L.network.getWifiDevice(radioname);
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Check whether the radio network is up.
+	 *
+	 * This function actually queries the up state of the related radio
+	 * device and assumes this network to be up as well when the parent
+	 * radio is up. This is due to the fact that OpenWrt does not control
+	 * virtual interfaces individually but within one common hostapd
+	 * instance.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {boolean}
+	 * Returns `true` when the network is up, else `false`.
+	 */
 	isUp: function() {
 		var device = this.getDevice();
 
@@ -2181,6 +3560,23 @@ WifiNetwork = L.Class.extend({
 		return device.isUp();
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Query the current operation mode from runtime information.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {string}
+	 * Returns the human readable mode name as reported by `ubus` runtime
+	 * state. Possible returned values are:
+	 *  - `Master`
+	 *  - `Ad-Hoc`
+	 *  - `Client`
+	 *  - `Monitor`
+	 *  - `Master (VLAN)`
+	 *  - `WDS`
+	 *  - `Mesh Point`
+	 *  - `P2P Client`
+	 *  - `P2P Go`
+	 *  - `Unknown`
+	 */
 	getActiveMode: function() {
 		var mode = this.ubus('net', 'iwinfo', 'mode') || this.ubus('net', 'config', 'mode') || this.get('mode') || 'ap';
 
@@ -2194,6 +3590,14 @@ WifiNetwork = L.Class.extend({
 		}
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Query the current operation mode from runtime information as
+	 * translated string.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {string}
+	 * Returns the translated, human readable mode name as reported by
+	 *`ubus` runtime state.
+	 */
 	getActiveModeI18n: function() {
 		var mode = this.getActiveMode();
 
@@ -2207,22 +3611,227 @@ WifiNetwork = L.Class.extend({
 		}
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Query the current SSID from runtime information.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {string}
+	 * Returns the current SSID or Mesh ID as reported by `ubus` runtime
+	 * information.
+	 */
 	getActiveSSID: function() {
 		return this.ubus('net', 'iwinfo', 'ssid') || this.ubus('net', 'config', 'ssid') || this.get('ssid');
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Query the current BSSID from runtime information.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {string}
+	 * Returns the current BSSID or Mesh ID as reported by `ubus` runtime
+	 * information.
+	 */
 	getActiveBSSID: function() {
 		return this.ubus('net', 'iwinfo', 'bssid') || this.ubus('net', 'config', 'bssid') || this.get('bssid');
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Query the current encryption settings from runtime information.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {string}
+	 * Returns a string describing the current encryption or `-` if the the
+	 * encryption state could not be found in `ubus` runtime information.
+	 */
 	getActiveEncryption: function() {
 		return formatWifiEncryption(this.ubus('net', 'iwinfo', 'encryption')) || '-';
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * A wireless peer entry describes the properties of a remote wireless
+	 * peer associated with a local network.
+	 *
+	 * @typedef {Object<string, boolean|number|string|LuCI.Network.WifiRateEntry>} WifiPeerEntry
+	 * @memberof LuCI.Network
+	 *
+	 * @property {string} mac
+	 * The MAC address (BSSID).
+	 *
+	 * @property {number} signal
+	 * The received signal strength.
+	 *
+	 * @property {number} [signal_avg]
+	 * The average signal strength if supported by the driver.
+	 *
+	 * @property {number} [noise]
+	 * The current noise floor of the radio. May be `0` or absent if not
+	 * supported by the driver.
+	 *
+	 * @property {number} inactive
+	 * The amount of milliseconds the peer has been inactive, e.g. due
+	 * to powersave.
+	 *
+	 * @property {number} connected_time
+	 * The amount of milliseconds the peer is associated to this network.
+	 *
+	 * @property {number} [thr]
+	 * The estimated throughput of the peer, May be `0` or absent if not
+	 * supported by the driver.
+	 *
+	 * @property {boolean} authorized
+	 * Specifies whether the peer is authorized to associate to this network.
+	 *
+	 * @property {boolean} authenticated
+	 * Specifies whether the peer completed authentication to this network.
+	 *
+	 * @property {string} preamble
+	 * The preamble mode used by the peer. May be `long` or `short`.
+	 *
+	 * @property {boolean} wme
+	 * Specifies whether the peer supports WME/WMM capabilities.
+	 *
+	 * @property {boolean} mfp
+	 * Specifies whether management frame protection is active.
+	 *
+	 * @property {boolean} tdls
+	 * Specifies whether TDLS is active.
+	 *
+	 * @property {number} [mesh llid]
+	 * The mesh LLID, may be `0` or absent if not applicable or supported
+	 * by the driver.
+	 *
+	 * @property {number} [mesh plid]
+	 * The mesh PLID, may be `0` or absent if not applicable or supported
+	 * by the driver.
+	 *
+	 * @property {string} [mesh plink]
+	 * The mesh peer link state description, may be an empty string (`''`)
+	 * or absent if not applicable or supported by the driver.
+	 *
+	 * The following states are known:
+	 *  - `LISTEN`
+	 *  - `OPN_SNT`
+	 *  - `OPN_RCVD`
+	 *  - `CNF_RCVD`
+	 *  - `ESTAB`
+	 *  - `HOLDING`
+	 *  - `BLOCKED`
+	 *  - `UNKNOWN`
+	 *
+	 * @property {number} [mesh local PS]
+	 * The local powersafe mode for the peer link, may be an empty
+	 * string (`''`) or absent if not applicable or supported by
+	 * the driver.
+	 *
+	 * The following modes are known:
+	 *  - `ACTIVE` (no power save)
+	 *  - `LIGHT SLEEP`
+	 *  - `DEEP SLEEP`
+	 *  - `UNKNOWN`
+	 *
+	 * @property {number} [mesh peer PS]
+	 * The remote powersafe mode for the peer link, may be an empty
+	 * string (`''`) or absent if not applicable or supported by
+	 * the driver.
+	 *
+	 * The following modes are known:
+	 *  - `ACTIVE` (no power save)
+	 *  - `LIGHT SLEEP`
+	 *  - `DEEP SLEEP`
+	 *  - `UNKNOWN`
+	 *
+	 * @property {number} [mesh non-peer PS]
+	 * The powersafe mode for all non-peer neigbours, may be an empty
+	 * string (`''`) or absent if not applicable or supported by the driver.
+	 *
+	 * The following modes are known:
+	 *  - `ACTIVE` (no power save)
+	 *  - `LIGHT SLEEP`
+	 *  - `DEEP SLEEP`
+	 *  - `UNKNOWN`
+	 *
+	 * @property {LuCI.Network.WifiRateEntry} rx
+	 * Describes the receiving wireless rate from the peer.
+	 *
+	 * @property {LuCI.Network.WifiRateEntry} tx
+	 * Describes the transmitting wireless rate to the peer.
+	 */
+
+	/**
+	 * A wireless rate entry describes the properties of a wireless
+	 * transmission rate to or from a peer.
+	 *
+	 * @typedef {Object<string, boolean|number>} WifiRateEntry
+	 * @memberof LuCI.Network
+	 *
+	 * @property {number} [drop_misc]
+	 * The amount of received misc. packages that have been dropped, e.g.
+	 * due to corruption or missing authentication. Only applicable to
+	 * receiving rates.
+	 *
+	 * @property {number} packets
+	 * The amount of packets that have been received or sent.
+	 *
+	 * @property {number} bytes
+	 * The amount of bytes that have been received or sent.
+	 *
+	 * @property {number} [failed]
+	 * The amount of failed tranmission attempts. Only applicable to
+	 * transmit rates.
+	 *
+	 * @property {number} [retries]
+	 * The amount of retried transmissions. Only applicable to transmit
+	 * rates.
+	 *
+	 * @property {boolean} is_ht
+	 * Specifies whether this rate is an HT (IEEE 802.11n) rate.
+	 *
+	 * @property {boolean} is_vht
+	 * Specifies whether this rate is an VHT (IEEE 802.11ac) rate.
+	 *
+	 * @property {number} mhz
+	 * The channel width in MHz used for the transmission.
+	 *
+	 * @property {number} rate
+	 * The bitrate in bit/s of the transmission.
+	 *
+	 * @property {number} [mcs]
+	 * The MCS index of the used transmission rate. Only applicable to
+	 * HT or VHT rates.
+	 *
+	 * @property {number} [40mhz]
+	 * Specifies whether the tranmission rate used 40MHz wide channel.
+	 * Only applicable to HT or VHT rates.
+	 *
+	 * Note: this option exists for backwards compatibility only and its
+	 * use is discouraged. The `mhz` field should be used instead to
+	 * determine the channel width.
+	 *
+	 * @property {boolean} [short_gi]
+	 * Specifies whether a short guard interval is used for the transmission.
+	 * Only applicable to HT or VHT rates.
+	 *
+	 * @property {number} [nss]
+	 * Specifies the number of spatial streams used by the transmission.
+	 * Only applicable to VHT rates.
+	 */
+
+	/**
+	 * Fetch the list of associated peers.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {Promise<Array<LuCI.Network.WifiPeerEntry>>}
+	 * Returns a promise resolving to an array of wireless peers associated
+	 * with this network.
+	 */
 	getAssocList: function() {
 		return callIwinfoAssoclist(this.getIfname());
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Query the current operating frequency of the wireless network.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {null|string}
+	 * Returns the current operating frequency of the network from `ubus`
+	 * runtime information in GHz or `null` if the information is not
+	 * available.
+	 */
 	getFrequency: function() {
 		var freq = this.ubus('net', 'iwinfo', 'frequency');
 
@@ -2232,6 +3841,15 @@ WifiNetwork = L.Class.extend({
 		return null;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Query the current average bitrate of all peers associated to this
+	 * wireless network.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {null|number}
+	 * Returns the average bit rate among all peers associated to the network
+	 * as reported by `ubus` runtime information or `null` if the information
+	 * is not available.
+	 */
 	getBitRate: function() {
 		var rate = this.ubus('net', 'iwinfo', 'bitrate');
 
@@ -2241,30 +3859,84 @@ WifiNetwork = L.Class.extend({
 		return null;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Query the current wireless channel.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {null|number}
+	 * Returns the wireless channel as reported by `ubus` runtime information
+	 * or `null` if it cannot be determined.
+	 */
 	getChannel: function() {
 		return this.ubus('net', 'iwinfo', 'channel') || this.ubus('dev', 'config', 'channel') || this.get('channel');
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Query the current wireless signal.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {null|number}
+	 * Returns the wireless signal in dBm as reported by `ubus` runtime
+	 * information or `null` if it cannot be determined.
+	 */
 	getSignal: function() {
 		return this.ubus('net', 'iwinfo', 'signal') || 0;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Query the current radio noise floor.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {number}
+	 * Returns the radio noise floor in dBm as reported by `ubus` runtime
+	 * information or `0` if it cannot be determined.
+	 */
 	getNoise: function() {
 		return this.ubus('net', 'iwinfo', 'noise') || 0;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Query the current country code.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {string}
+	 * Returns the wireless country code as reported by `ubus` runtime
+	 * information or `00` if it cannot be determined.
+	 */
 	getCountryCode: function() {
 		return this.ubus('net', 'iwinfo', 'country') || this.ubus('dev', 'config', 'country') || '00';
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Query the current radio TX power.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {null|number}
+	 * Returns the wireless network transmit power in dBm as reported by
+	 * `ubus` runtime information or `null` if it cannot be determined.
+	 */
 	getTXPower: function() {
 		return this.ubus('net', 'iwinfo', 'txpower');
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Query the radio TX power offset.
+	 *
+	 * Some wireless radios have a fixed power offset, e.g. due to the
+	 * use of external amplifiers.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {number}
+	 * Returns the wireless network transmit power offset in dBm as reported
+	 * by `ubus` runtime information or `0` if there is no offset, or if it
+	 * cannot be determined.
+	 */
 	getTXPowerOffset: function() {
 		return this.ubus('net', 'iwinfo', 'txpower_offset') || 0;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Calculate the current signal.
+	 *
+	 * @deprecated
+	 * @returns {number}
+	 * Returns the calculated signal level, which is the difference between
+	 * noise and signal (SNR), divided by 5.
+	 */
 	getSignalLevel: function(signal, noise) {
 		if (this.getActiveBSSID() == '00:00:00:00:00:00')
 			return -1;
@@ -2280,6 +3952,14 @@ WifiNetwork = L.Class.extend({
 		return 0;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Calculate the current signal quality percentage.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {number}
+	 * Returns the calculated signal quality in percent. The value is
+	 * calculated from the `quality` and `quality_max` indicators reported
+	 * by `ubus` runtime state.
+	 */
 	getSignalPercent: function() {
 		var qc = this.ubus('net', 'iwinfo', 'quality') || 0,
 		    qm = this.ubus('net', 'iwinfo', 'quality_max') || 0;
@@ -2290,12 +3970,29 @@ WifiNetwork = L.Class.extend({
 		return 0;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Get a short description string for this wireless network.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {string}
+	 * Returns a string describing this network, consisting of the
+	 * active operation mode, followed by either the SSID, BSSID or
+	 * internal network ID, depending on which information is available.
+	 */
 	getShortName: function() {
 		return '%s "%s"'.format(
 			this.getActiveModeI18n(),
 			this.getActiveSSID() || this.getActiveBSSID() || this.getID());
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Get a description string for this wireless network.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {string}
+	 * Returns a string describing this network, consisting of the
+	 * term `Wireless Network`, followed by the active operation mode,
+	 * the SSID, BSSID or internal network ID and the Linux network device
+	 * name, depending on which information is available.
+	 */
 	getI18n: function() {
 		return '%s: %s "%s" (%s)'.format(
 			_('Wireless Network'),
@@ -2304,10 +4001,25 @@ WifiNetwork = L.Class.extend({
 			this.getIfname());
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Get the primary logical interface this wireless network is attached to.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {null|LuCI.Network.Protocol}
+	 * Returns a `Network.Protocol` instance representing the logical
+	 * interface or `null` if this network is not attached to any logical
+	 * interface.
+	 */
 	getNetwork: function() {
 		return this.getNetworks()[0];
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Get the logical interfaces this wireless network is attached to.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {Array<LuCI.Network.Protocol>}
+	 * Returns an array of `Network.Protocol` instances representing the
+	 * logical interfaces this wireless network is attached to.
+	 */
 	getNetworks: function() {
 		var networkNames = this.getNetworkNames(),
 		    networks = [];
@@ -2326,6 +4038,13 @@ WifiNetwork = L.Class.extend({
 		return networks;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Get the associated Linux network device.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {LuCI.Network.Device}
+	 * Returns a `Network.Device` instance representing the Linux network
+	 * device associted with this wireless network.
+	 */
 	getDevice: function() {
 		return L.network.instantiateDevice(this.getIfname());
 	}
diff --git a/modules/luci-base/htdocs/luci-static/resources/rpc.js b/modules/luci-base/htdocs/luci-static/resources/rpc.js
index 9c74bfdaf0..9b642444fa 100644
--- a/modules/luci-base/htdocs/luci-static/resources/rpc.js
+++ b/modules/luci-base/htdocs/luci-static/resources/rpc.js
@@ -5,7 +5,17 @@ var rpcRequestID = 1,
     rpcBaseURL = L.url('admin/ubus'),
     rpcInterceptorFns = [];
 
-return L.Class.extend({
+/**
+ * @class rpc
+ * @memberof LuCI
+ * @hideconstructor
+ * @classdesc
+ *
+ * The `LuCI.rpc` class provides high level ubus JSON-RPC abstractions
+ * and means for listing and invoking remove RPC methods.
+ */
+return L.Class.extend(/** @lends LuCI.rpc.prototype */ {
+	/* privates */
 	call: function(req, cb, nobatch) {
 		var q = '';
 
@@ -106,6 +116,27 @@ return L.Class.extend({
 		req.resolve(ret);
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Lists available remote ubus objects or the method signatures of
+	 * specific objects.
+	 *
+	 * This function has two signatures and is sensitive to the number of
+	 * arguments passed to it:
+	 *  - `list()` -
+	 *    Returns an array containing the names of all remote `ubus` objects
+	 *  - `list("objname", ...)`
+	 *    Returns method signatures for each given `ubus` object name.
+	 *
+	 * @param {...string} [objectNames]
+	 * If any object names are given, this function will return the method
+	 * signatures of each given object.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {Promise<Array<string>|Object<string, Object<string, Object<string, string>>>>}
+	 * When invoked without arguments, this function will return a promise
+	 * resolving to an array of `ubus` object names. When invoked with one or
+	 * more arguments, a promise resolving to an object describing the method
+	 * signatures of each requested `ubus` object name will be returned.
+	 */
 	list: function() {
 		var msg = {
 			jsonrpc: '2.0',
@@ -126,6 +157,138 @@ return L.Class.extend({
 		}, this));
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * @typedef {Object} DeclareOptions
+	 * @memberof LuCI.rpc
+	 *
+	 * @property {string} object
+	 * The name of the remote `ubus` object to invoke.
+	 *
+	 * @property {string} method
+	 * The name of the remote `ubus` method to invoke.
+	 *
+	 * @property {string[]} [params]
+	 * Lists the named parameters expected by the remote `ubus` RPC method.
+	 * The arguments passed to the resulting generated method call function
+	 * will be mapped to named parameters in the order they appear in this
+	 * array.
+	 *
+	 * Extraneous parameters passed to the generated function will not be
+	 * sent to the remote procedure but are passed to the
+	 * {@link LuCI.rpc~filterFn filter function} if one is specified.
+	 *
+	 * Examples:
+	 *  - `params: [ "foo", "bar" ]` -
+	 *    When the resulting call function is invoked with `fn(true, false)`,
+	 *    the corresponding args object sent to the remote procedure will be
+	 *    `{ foo: true, bar: false }`.
+	 *  - `params: [ "test" ], filter: function(reply, args, extra) { ... }` -
+	 *    When the resultung generated function is invoked with
+	 *    `fn("foo", "bar", "baz")` then `{ "test": "foo" }` will be sent as
+	 *    argument to the remote procedure and the filter function will be
+	 *    invoked with `filterFn(reply, [ "foo" ], "bar", "baz")`
+	 *
+	 * @property {Object<string,*>} [expect]
+	 * Describes the expected return data structure. The given object is
+	 * supposed to contain a single key selecting the value to use from
+	 * the returned `ubus` reply object. The value of the sole key within
+	 * the `expect` object is used to infer the expected type of the received
+	 * `ubus` reply data.
+	 *
+	 * If the received data does not contain `expect`'s key, or if the
+	 * type of the data differs from the type of the value in the expect
+	 * object, the expect object's value is returned as default instead.
+	 *
+	 * The key in the `expect` object may be an empty string (`''`) in which
+	 * case the entire reply object is selected instead of one of its subkeys.
+	 *
+	 * If the `expect` option is omitted, the received reply will be returned
+	 * as-is, regardless of its format or type.
+	 *
+	 * Examples:
+	 *  - `expect: { '': { error: 'Invalid response' } }` -
+	 *    This requires the entire `ubus` reply to be a plain JavaScript
+	 *    object. If the reply isn't an object but e.g. an array or a numeric
+	 *    error code instead, it will get replaced with
+	 *    `{ error: 'Invalid response' }` instead.
+	 *  - `expect: { results: [] }` -
+	 *    This requires the received `ubus` reply to be an object containing
+	 *    a key `results` with an array as value. If the received reply does
+	 *    not contain such a key, or if `reply.results` points to a non-array
+	 *    value, the empty array (`[]`) will be used instead.
+	 *  - `expect: { success: false }` -
+	 *    This requires the received `ubus` reply to be an object containing
+	 *    a key `success` with a boolean value. If the reply does not contain
+	 *    `success` or if `reply.success` is not a boolean value, `false` will
+	 *    be returned as default instead.
+	 *
+	 * @property {LuCI.rpc~filterFn} [filter]
+	 * Specfies an optional filter function which is invoked to transform the
+	 * received reply data before it is returned to the caller.
+	 *
+	 */
+
+	/**
+	 * The filter function is invoked to transform a received `ubus` RPC call
+	 * reply before returning it to the caller.
+	 *
+	 * @callback LuCI.rpc~filterFn
+	 *
+	 * @param {*} data
+	 * The received `ubus` reply data or a subset of it as described in the
+	 * `expect` option of the RPC call declaration. In case of remote call
+	 * errors, `data` is numeric `ubus` error code instead.
+	 *
+	 * @param {Array<*>} args
+	 * The arguments the RPC method has been invoked with.
+	 *
+	 * @param {...*} extraArgs
+	 * All extraneous arguments passed to the RPC method exceeding the number
+	 * of arguments describes in the RPC call declaration.
+	 *
+	 * @return {*}
+	 * The return value of the filter function will be returned to the caller
+	 * of the RPC method as-is.
+	 */
+
+	/**
+	 * The generated invocation function is returned by
+	 * {@link LuCI.rpc#declare rpc.declare()} and encapsulates a single
+	 * RPC method call.
+	 *
+	 * Calling this function will execute a remote `ubus` HTTP call request
+	 * using the arguments passed to it as arguments and return a promise
+	 * resolving to the received reply values.
+	 *
+	 * @callback LuCI.rpc~invokeFn
+	 *
+	 * @param {...*} params
+	 * The parameters to pass to the remote procedure call. The given
+	 * positional arguments will be named to named RPC parameters according
+	 * to the names specified in the `params` array of the method declaration.
+	 *
+	 * Any additional parameters exceeding the amount of arguments in the
+	 * `params` declaration are passed as private extra arguments to the
+	 * declared filter function.
+	 *
+	 * @return {Promise<*>}
+	 * Returns a promise resolving to the result data of the remote `ubus`
+	 * RPC method invocation, optionally substituted and filtered according
+	 * to the `expect` and `filter` declarations.
+	 */
+
+	/**
+	 * Describes a remote RPC call procedure and returns a function
+	 * implementing it.
+	 *
+	 * @param {LuCI.rpc.DeclareOptions} options
+	 * If any object names are given, this function will return the method
+	 * signatures of each given object.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {LuCI.rpc~invokeFn}
+	 * Returns a new function implementing the method call described in
+	 * `options`.
+	 */
 	declare: function(options) {
 		return Function.prototype.bind.call(function(rpc, options) {
 			var args = this.varargs(arguments, 2);
@@ -173,22 +336,58 @@ return L.Class.extend({
 		}, this, this, options);
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns the current RPC session id.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {string}
+	 * Returns the 32 byte session ID string used for authenticating remote
+	 * requests.
+	 */
 	getSessionID: function() {
 		return rpcSessionID;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Set the RPC session id to use.
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} sid
+	 * Sets the 32 byte session ID string used for authenticating remote
+	 * requests.
+	 */
 	setSessionID: function(sid) {
 		rpcSessionID = sid;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns the current RPC base URL.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {string}
+	 * Returns the RPC URL endpoint to issue requests against.
+	 */
 	getBaseURL: function() {
 		return rpcBaseURL;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Set the RPC base URL to use.
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} sid
+	 * Sets the RPC URL endpoint to issue requests against.
+	 */
 	setBaseURL: function(url) {
 		rpcBaseURL = url;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Translates a numeric `ubus` error code into a human readable
+	 * description.
+	 *
+	 * @param {number} statusCode
+	 * The numeric status code.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {string}
+	 * Returns the textual description of the code.
+	 */
 	getStatusText: function(statusCode) {
 		switch (statusCode) {
 		case 0: return _('Command OK');
@@ -206,12 +405,68 @@ return L.Class.extend({
 		}
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Registered interceptor functions are invoked before the standard reply
+	 * parsing and handling logic.
+	 *
+	 * By returning rejected promises, interceptor functions can cause the
+	 * invocation function to fail, regardless of the received reply.
+	 *
+	 * Interceptors may also modify their message argument in-place to
+	 * rewrite received replies before they're processed by the standard
+	 * response handling code.
+	 *
+	 * A common use case for such functions is to detect failing RPC replies
+	 * due to expired authentication in order to trigger a new login.
+	 *
+	 * @callback LuCI.rpc~interceptorFn
+	 *
+	 * @param {*} msg
+	 * The unprocessed, JSON decoded remote RPC method call reply.
+	 *
+	 * Since interceptors run before the standard parsing logic, the reply
+	 * data is not verified for correctness or filtered according to
+	 * `expect` and `filter` specifications in the declarations.
+	 *
+	 * @param {Object} req
+	 * The related request object which is an extended variant of the
+	 * declaration object, allowing access to internals of the invocation
+	 * function such as `filter`, `expect` or `params` values.
+	 *
+	 * @return {Promise<*>|*}
+	 * Interceptor functions may return a promise to defer response
+	 * processing until some delayed work completed. Any values the returned
+	 * promise resolves to are ignored.
+	 *
+	 * When the returned promise rejects with an error, the invocation
+	 * function will fail too, forwarding the error to the caller.
+	 */
+
+	/**
+	 * Registers a new interceptor function.
+	 *
+	 * @param {LuCI.rpc~interceptorFn} interceptorFn
+	 * The inteceptor function to register.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {LuCI.rpc~interceptorFn}
+	 * Returns the given function value.
+	 */
 	addInterceptor: function(interceptorFn) {
 		if (typeof(interceptorFn) == 'function')
 			rpcInterceptorFns.push(interceptorFn);
 		return interceptorFn;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Removes a registered interceptor function.
+	 *
+	 * @param {LuCI.rpc~interceptorFn} interceptorFn
+	 * The inteceptor function to remove.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {boolean}
+	 * Returns `true` if the given function has been removed or `false`
+	 * if it has not been found.
+	 */
 	removeInterceptor: function(interceptorFn) {
 		var oldlen = rpcInterceptorFns.length, i = oldlen;
 		while (i--)
diff --git a/modules/luci-base/htdocs/luci-static/resources/uci.js b/modules/luci-base/htdocs/luci-static/resources/uci.js
index 17f11eecb8..677edf6add 100644
--- a/modules/luci-base/htdocs/luci-static/resources/uci.js
+++ b/modules/luci-base/htdocs/luci-static/resources/uci.js
@@ -1,7 +1,18 @@
 'use strict';
 'require rpc';
 
-return L.Class.extend({
+/**
+ * @class uci
+ * @memberof LuCI
+ * @hideconstructor
+ * @classdesc
+ *
+ * The `LuCI.uci` class utilizes {@link LuCI.rpc} to declare low level
+ * remote UCI `ubus` procedures and implements a local caching and data
+ * manipulation layer on top to allow for synchroneous operations on
+ * UCI configuration data.
+ */
+return L.Class.extend(/** @lends LuCI.uci.prototype */ {
 	__init__: function() {
 		this.state = {
 			newidx:  0,
@@ -22,6 +33,7 @@ return L.Class.extend({
 		expect: { values: { } }
 	}),
 
+
 	callOrder: rpc.declare({
 		object: 'uci',
 		method: 'order',
@@ -58,6 +70,21 @@ return L.Class.extend({
 		method: 'confirm'
 	}),
 
+
+	/**
+	 * Generates a new, unique section ID for the given configuration.
+	 *
+	 * Note that the generated ID is temporary, it will get replaced by an
+	 * identifier in the form `cfgXXXXXX` once the configuration is saved
+	 * by the remote `ubus` UCI api.
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} config
+	 * The configuration to generate the new section ID for.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {string}
+	 * A newly generated, unique section ID in the form `newXXXXXX`
+	 * where `X` denotes a hexadecimal digit.
+	 */
 	createSID: function(conf) {
 		var v = this.state.values,
 		    n = this.state.creates,
@@ -70,6 +97,25 @@ return L.Class.extend({
 		return sid;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Resolves a given section ID in extended notation to the internal
+	 * section ID value.
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} config
+	 * The configuration to resolve the section ID for.
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} sid
+	 * The section ID to resolve. If the ID is in the form `@typename[#]`,
+	 * it will get resolved to an internal anonymous ID in the forms
+	 * `cfgXXXXXX`/`newXXXXXX` or to the name of a section in case it points
+	 * to a named section. When the given ID is not in extended notation,
+	 * it will be returned as-is.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {string|null}
+	 * Returns the resolved section ID or the original given ID if it was
+	 * not in extended notation. Returns `null` when an extended ID could
+	 * not be resolved to existing section ID.
+	 */
 	resolveSID: function(conf, sid) {
 		if (typeof(sid) != 'string')
 			return sid;
@@ -88,6 +134,7 @@ return L.Class.extend({
 		return sid;
 	},
 
+	/* private */
 	reorderSections: function() {
 		var v = this.state.values,
 		    n = this.state.creates,
@@ -129,6 +176,7 @@ return L.Class.extend({
 		return Promise.all(tasks);
 	},
 
+	/* private */
 	loadPackage: function(packageName) {
 		if (this.loaded[packageName] == null)
 			return (this.loaded[packageName] = this.callLoad(packageName));
@@ -136,6 +184,24 @@ return L.Class.extend({
 		return Promise.resolve(this.loaded[packageName]);
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Loads the given UCI configurations from the remote `ubus` api.
+	 *
+	 * Loaded configurations are cached and only loaded once. Subsequent
+	 * load operations of the same configurations will return the cached
+	 * data.
+	 *
+	 * To force reloading a configuration, it has to be unloaded with
+	 * {@link LuCI.uci#unload uci.unload()} first.
+	 *
+	 * @param {string|string[]} config
+	 * The name of the configuration or an array of configuration
+	 * names to load.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {Promise<string[]>}
+	 * Returns a promise resolving to the names of the configurations
+	 * that have been successfully loaded.
+	 */
 	load: function(packages) {
 		var self = this,
 		    pkgs = [ ],
@@ -161,6 +227,13 @@ return L.Class.extend({
 		});
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Unloads the given UCI configurations from the local cache.
+	 *
+	 * @param {string|string[]} config
+	 * The name of the configuration or an array of configuration
+	 * names to unload.
+	 */
 	unload: function(packages) {
 		if (!Array.isArray(packages))
 			packages = [ packages ];
@@ -175,6 +248,24 @@ return L.Class.extend({
 		}
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Adds a new section of the given type to the given configuration,
+	 * optionally named according to the given name.
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} config
+	 * The name of the configuration to add the section to.
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} type
+	 * The type of the section to add.
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} [name]
+	 * The name of the section to add. If the name is omitted, an anonymous
+	 * section will be added instead.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {string}
+	 * Returns the section ID of the newly added section which is equivalent
+	 * to the given name for non-anonymous sections.
+	 */
 	add: function(conf, type, name) {
 		var n = this.state.creates,
 		    sid = name || this.createSID(conf);
@@ -193,6 +284,15 @@ return L.Class.extend({
 		return sid;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Removes the section with the given ID from the given configuration.
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} config
+	 * The name of the configuration to remove the section from.
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} sid
+	 * The ID of the section to remove.
+	 */
 	remove: function(conf, sid) {
 		var n = this.state.creates,
 		    c = this.state.changes,
@@ -213,6 +313,74 @@ return L.Class.extend({
 		}
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * A section object represents the options and their corresponding values
+	 * enclosed within a configuration section, as well as some additional
+	 * meta data such as sort indexes and internal ID.
+	 *
+	 * Any internal metadata fields are prefixed with a dot which is isn't
+	 * an allowed character for normal option names.
+	 *
+	 * @typedef {Object<string, boolean|number|string|string[]>} SectionObject
+	 * @memberof LuCI.uci
+	 *
+	 * @property {boolean} .anonymous
+	 * The `.anonymous` property specifies whether the configuration is
+	 * anonymous (`true`) or named (`false`).
+	 *
+	 * @property {number} .index
+	 * The `.index` property specifes the sort order of the section.
+	 *
+	 * @property {string} .name
+	 * The `.name` property holds the name of the section object. It may be
+	 * either an anonymous ID in the form `cfgXXXXXX` or `newXXXXXX` with `X`
+	 * being a hexadecimal digit or a string holding the name of the section.
+	 *
+	 * @property {string} .type
+	 * The `.type` property contains the type of the corresponding uci
+	 * section.
+	 *
+	 * @property {string|string[]} *
+	 * A section object may contain an arbitrary number of further properties
+	 * representing the uci option enclosed in the section.
+	 *
+	 * All option property names will be in the form `[A-Za-z0-9_]+` and
+	 * either contain a string value or an array of strings, in case the
+	 * underlying option is an UCI list.
+	 */
+
+	/**
+	 * The sections callback is invoked for each section found within
+	 * the given configuration and receives the section object and its
+	 * associated name as arguments.
+	 *
+	 * @callback LuCI.uci~sectionsFn
+	 *
+	 * @param {LuCI.uci.SectionObject} section
+	 * The section object.
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} sid
+	 * The name or ID of the section.
+	 */
+
+	/**
+	 * Enumerates the sections of the given configuration, optionally
+	 * filtered by type.
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} config
+	 * The name of the configuration to enumerate the sections for.
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} [type]
+	 * Enumerate only sections of the given type. If omitted, enumerate
+	 * all sections.
+	 *
+	 * @param {LuCI.uci~sectionsFn} [cb]
+	 * An optional callback to invoke for each enumerated section.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {Array<LuCI.uci.SectionObject>}
+	 * Returns a sorted array of the section objects within the given
+	 * configuration, filtered by type of a type has been specified.
+	 */
 	sections: function(conf, type, cb) {
 		var sa = [ ],
 		    v = this.state.values[conf],
@@ -247,6 +415,31 @@ return L.Class.extend({
 		return sa;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Gets the value of the given option within the specified section
+	 * of the given configuration or the entire section object if the
+	 * option name is omitted.
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} config
+	 * The name of the configuration to read the value from.
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} sid
+	 * The name or ID of the section to read.
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} [option]
+	 * The option name to read the value from. If the option name is
+	 * omitted or `null`, the entire section is returned instead.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {null|string|string[]|LuCI.uci.SectionObject}
+	 * - Returns a string containing the option value in case of a
+	 *   plain UCI option.
+	 * - Returns an array of strings containing the option values in
+	 *   case of `option` pointing to an UCI list.
+	 * - Returns a {@link LuCI.uci.SectionObject section object} if
+	 *   the `option` argument has been omitted or is `null`.
+	 * - Returns `null` if the config, section or option has not been
+	 *   found or if the corresponding configuration is not loaded.
+	 */
 	get: function(conf, sid, opt) {
 		var v = this.state.values,
 		    n = this.state.creates,
@@ -299,6 +492,27 @@ return L.Class.extend({
 		return undefined;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Sets the value of the given option within the specified section
+	 * of the given configuration.
+	 *
+	 * If either config, section or option is null, or if `option` begins
+	 * with a dot, the function will do nothing.
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} config
+	 * The name of the configuration to set the option value in.
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} sid
+	 * The name or ID of the section to set the option value in.
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} option
+	 * The option name to set the value for.
+	 *
+	 * @param {null|string|string[]} value
+	 * The option value to set. If the value is `null` or an empty string,
+	 * the option will be removed, otherwise it will be set or overwritten
+	 * with the given value.
+	 */
 	set: function(conf, sid, opt, val) {
 		var v = this.state.values,
 		    n = this.state.creates,
@@ -354,10 +568,53 @@ return L.Class.extend({
 		}
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Remove the given option within the specified section of the given
+	 * configuration.
+	 *
+	 * This function is a convenience wrapper around
+	 * `uci.set(config, section, option, null)`.
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} config
+	 * The name of the configuration to remove the option from.
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} sid
+	 * The name or ID of the section to remove the option from.
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} option
+	 * The name of the option to remove.
+	 */
 	unset: function(conf, sid, opt) {
 		return this.set(conf, sid, opt, null);
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Gets the value of the given option or the entire section object of
+	 * the first found section of the specified type or the first found
+	 * section of the entire configuration if no type is specfied.
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} config
+	 * The name of the configuration to read the value from.
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} [type]
+	 * The type of the first section to find. If it is `null`, the first
+	 * section of the entire config is read, otherwise the first section
+	 * matching the given type.
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} [option]
+	 * The option name to read the value from. If the option name is
+	 * omitted or `null`, the entire section is returned instead.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {null|string|string[]|LuCI.uci.SectionObject}
+	 * - Returns a string containing the option value in case of a
+	 *   plain UCI option.
+	 * - Returns an array of strings containing the option values in
+	 *   case of `option` pointing to an UCI list.
+	 * - Returns a {@link LuCI.uci.SectionObject section object} if
+	 *   the `option` argument has been omitted or is `null`.
+	 * - Returns `null` if the config, section or option has not been
+	 *   found or if the corresponding configuration is not loaded.
+	 */
 	get_first: function(conf, type, opt) {
 		var sid = null;
 
@@ -369,6 +626,30 @@ return L.Class.extend({
 		return this.get(conf, sid, opt);
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Sets the value of the given option within the first found section
+	 * of the given configuration matching the specified type or within
+	 * the first section of the entire config when no type has is specified.
+	 *
+	 * If either config, type or option is null, or if `option` begins
+	 * with a dot, the function will do nothing.
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} config
+	 * The name of the configuration to set the option value in.
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} [type]
+	 * The type of the first section to find. If it is `null`, the first
+	 * section of the entire config is written to, otherwise the first
+	 * section matching the given type is used.
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} option
+	 * The option name to set the value for.
+	 *
+	 * @param {null|string|string[]} value
+	 * The option value to set. If the value is `null` or an empty string,
+	 * the option will be removed, otherwise it will be set or overwritten
+	 * with the given value.
+	 */
 	set_first: function(conf, type, opt, val) {
 		var sid = null;
 
@@ -380,10 +661,60 @@ return L.Class.extend({
 		return this.set(conf, sid, opt, val);
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Removes the given option within the first found section of the given
+	 * configuration matching the specified type or within the first section
+	 * of the entire config when no type has is specified.
+	 *
+	 * This function is a convenience wrapper around
+	 * `uci.set_first(config, type, option, null)`.
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} config
+	 * The name of the configuration to set the option value in.
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} [type]
+	 * The type of the first section to find. If it is `null`, the first
+	 * section of the entire config is written to, otherwise the first
+	 * section matching the given type is used.
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} option
+	 * The option name to set the value for.
+	 */
 	unset_first: function(conf, type, opt) {
 		return this.set_first(conf, type, opt, null);
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Move the first specified section within the given configuration
+	 * before or after the second specified section.
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} config
+	 * The configuration to move the section within.
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} sid1
+	 * The ID of the section to move within the configuration.
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} [sid2]
+	 * The ID of the target section for the move operation. If the
+	 * `after` argument is `false` or not specified, the section named by
+	 * `sid1` will be moved before this target section, if the `after`
+	 * argument is `true`, the `sid1` section will be moved after this
+	 * section.
+	 *
+	 * When the `sid2` argument is `null`, the section specified by `sid1`
+	 * is moved to the end of the configuration.
+	 *
+	 * @param {boolean} [after=false]
+	 * When `true`, the section `sid1` is moved after the section `sid2`,
+	 * when `false`, the section `sid1` is moved before `sid2`.
+	 *
+	 * If `sid2` is null, then this parameter has no effect and the section
+	 * `sid1` is moved to the end of the configuration instead.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {boolean}
+	 * Returns `true` when the section was successfully moved, or `false`
+	 * when either the section specified by `sid1` or by `sid2` is not found.
+	 */
 	move: function(conf, sid1, sid2, after) {
 		var sa = this.sections(conf),
 		    s1 = null, s2 = null;
@@ -428,6 +759,16 @@ return L.Class.extend({
 		return true;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Submits all local configuration changes to the remove `ubus` api,
+	 * adds, removes and reorders remote sections as needed and reloads
+	 * all loaded configurations to resynchronize the local state with
+	 * the remote configuration values.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {string[]}
+	 * Returns a promise resolving to an array of configuration names which
+	 * have been reloaded by the save operation.
+	 */
 	save: function() {
 		var v = this.state.values,
 		    n = this.state.creates,
@@ -503,6 +844,17 @@ return L.Class.extend({
 		});
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Instructs the remote `ubus` UCI api to commit all saved changes with
+	 * rollback protection and attempts to confirm the pending commit
+	 * operation to cancel the rollback timer.
+	 *
+	 * @param {number} [timeout=10]
+	 * Override the confirmation timeout after which a rollback is triggered.
+	 *
+	 * @returns {Promise<number>}
+	 * Returns a promise resolving/rejecting with the `ubus` RPC status code.
+	 */
 	apply: function(timeout) {
 		var self = this,
 		    date = new Date();
@@ -532,6 +884,57 @@ return L.Class.extend({
 		});
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * An UCI change record is a plain array containing the change operation
+	 * name as first element, the affected section ID as second argument
+	 * and an optional third and fourth argument whose meanings depend on
+	 * the operation.
+	 *
+	 * @typedef {string[]} ChangeRecord
+	 * @memberof LuCI.uci
+	 *
+	 * @property {string} 0
+	 * The operation name - may be one of `add`, `set`, `remove`, `order`,
+	 * `list-add`, `list-del` or `rename`.
+	 *
+	 * @property {string} 1
+	 * The section ID targeted by the operation.
+	 *
+	 * @property {string} 2
+	 * The meaning of the third element depends on the operation.
+	 * - For `add` it is type of the section that has been added
+	 * - For `set` it either is the option name if a fourth element exists,
+	 *   or the type of a named section which has been added when the change
+	 *   entry only contains three elements.
+	 * - For `remove` it contains the name of the option that has been
+	 *   removed.
+	 * - For `order` it specifies the new sort index of the section.
+	 * - For `list-add` it contains the name of the list option a new value
+	 *   has been added to.
+	 * - For `list-del` it contains the name of the list option a value has
+	 *   been removed from.
+	 * - For `rename` it contains the name of the option that has been
+	 *   renamed if a fourth element exists, else it contains the new name
+	 *   a section has been renamed to if the change entry only contains
+	 *   three elements.
+	 *
+	 * @property {string} 4
+	 * The meaning of the fourth element depends on the operation.
+	 * - For `set` it is the value an option has been set to.
+	 * - For `list-add` it is the new value that has been added to a
+	 *   list option.
+	 * - For `rename` it is the new name of an option that has been
+	 *   renamed.
+	 */
+
+	/**
+	 * Fetches uncommitted UCI changes from the remote `ubus` RPC api.
+	 *
+	 * @method
+	 * @returns {Promise<Object<string, Array<LuCI.uci.ChangeRecord>>>}
+	 * Returns a promise resolving to an object containing the configuration
+	 * names as keys and arrays of related change records as values.
+	 */
 	changes: rpc.declare({
 		object: 'uci',
 		method: 'changes',