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| Re: Why is Javadoc view always blank? How to read Java API in Eclipse? [message #1178079 is a reply to message #1176882] |
Sat, 09 November 2013 06:20   |
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Farkuldi,
Does the JRE you're using have associated source? In
Window->Preferences->Java->Installed JREs if you Edit... the one(s) you
have, and select one of the jars and click on Source Attachment... is
there one there? You'll want a JDK that comes with a src.jar and use
that as the source attachment.
On 08/11/2013 9:27 PM, Farkuldi Vale wrote:
> Hello,
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> I am relatively new to Java, and very new to Eclipse. I thought it was possible to read the Java documentation in Eclipse, and would like to do this if it is. In fact, I thought this was what the Javadoc view at the bottom of Eclipse was for. However, nothing ever shows up in my Javadoc view. I do get the Javadoc when I hover over something, but this is not exactly what I want.
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> Can someone tell me what I am missing?
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> Version information: Eclipse SDK
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> Version: 4.2.2
> Build id: M20130204-1200
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> Running on Slackware Linux
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| Re: Why is Javadoc view always blank? How to read Java API in Eclipse? [message #1178291 is a reply to message #1178079] |
Sat, 09 November 2013 09:44 |
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Ed Merks wrote on Sat, 09 November 2013 06:20Farkuldi,
Does the JRE you're using have associated source? In
Window->Preferences->Java->Installed JREs if you Edit... the one(s) you
have, and select one of the jars and click on Source Attachment... is
there one there? You'll want a JDK that comes with a src.jar and use
that as the source attachment.
Thank you for your reply. I looked in that section, and it lists a lot of JRE System Libraries. I clicked on Source Attachment for all of them, though, and none have anything there. I have no idea what I am looking at, though, or what to do. How do I get the src.jar, and when I have it, which one of the JRE System Library entries in that menu do I associate it with? There are about 20 there.
Also, I forgot to mention that I downloaded the Javadocs as a zip file, and through following instructions somewhere else to get the documentation showing, I somehow imported them into this window. This is what I have:
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| Re: Why is Javadoc view always blank? How to read Java API in Eclipse? [message #1179879 is a reply to message #1178291] |
Sun, 10 November 2013 11:10 |
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Farkuldi,
You just download a JDK with source. E.g., I think these will contain a
src.zip
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk7-downloads-1880260.html
If you create a new JRE entry and point it at such a JDK with a src.zip
I think they'll be automatically attached.
On 09/11/2013 3:44 PM, Farkuldi Vale wrote:
> Ed Merks wrote on Sat, 09 November 2013 06:20
>> Farkuldi,
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>> Does the JRE you're using have associated source? In
>> Window->Preferences->Java->Installed JREs if you Edit... the one(s) you
>> have, and select one of the jars and click on Source Attachment... is
>> there one there? You'll want a JDK that comes with a src.jar and use
>> that as the source attachment.
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> Thank you for your reply. I looked in that section, and it lists a lot of JRE System Libraries. I clicked on Source Attachment for all of them, though, and none have anything there. I have no idea what I am looking at, though, or what to do. How do I get the src.jar, and when I have it, which one of the JRE System Library entries in that menu do I associate it with? There are about 20 there.
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> Also, I forgot to mention that I downloaded the Javadocs as a zip file, and through following instructions somewhere else to get the documentation showing, I somehow imported them into this window. This is what I have:
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