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Built in J2SE API Doc? [message #169132]

Sun, 03 September 2006 15:44

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: jim.evans.strategicforge.com

I'm trying out the Eclipse JDT for doing J2SE Desktop App development and
can't seem to access any built in Java API documentation like the Borland
IDE has. Am I missing something or is this functionality not provided?

Re: Built in J2SE API Doc? [message #169205 is a reply to message #169132]

Mon, 04 September 2006 00:12

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: eclipse4.rizzoweb.com

Jim Evans wrote:
> I'm trying out the Eclipse JDT for doing J2SE Desktop App development
> and can't seem to access any built in Java API documentation like the
> Borland IDE has. Am I missing something or is this functionality not
> provided?
>

Is the JVM you are launching Eclipse with a JDK? If so, the JavaDoc and,
if available, source code for the core Java classes should be picked up
automatically.

What's that you say? You don't know what JVM your Eclipse is using to
run? Well, you really should be telling it explicitly what JVM it should
use (and I highly recommend it be a JDK as opposed to a JRE). See here
for details:
http://help.eclipse.org/help32/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse. platform.doc.user/tasks/running_eclipse.htm

You can also specify a VM in the eclipse.ini file - I wrote about that
in another thread just a few minutes ago (Subject: "not able to install
eclipse...")

Hope this helps,
Eric

Re: Built in J2SE API Doc? [message #169256 is a reply to message #169205]

Mon, 04 September 2006 09:37

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: jim.evans.strategicforge.com

Thank you. Operator error. :-(

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