Javadoc Generation

The Opens the Javadoc wizard Javadoc Generation wizard allows you to generate Javadoc. It is a user interface for the javadoc.exe tool available in the Java JDK. Visit Sun's Javadoc Tool page for a complete documentation of the Javadoc tool.

First Page

Type Selection:

Option

Description

Javadoc command

Specify which command to use to generate the javadoc.

Select types for which Javadoc will be generated

In the list, check or clear the boxes to specify exactly the types that you want to export. This list is initialized by the workbench selection.

Create Javadoc for members with visibility

  • Private: All members will be documented
  • Package: Only members with package, protected or public visibility will be documented
  • Protected: Only members with protected or public visibility will be documented
  • Public: Only members with public visibility will be documented (default)


Use standard doclet

Start the Javadoc command with the standard doclet (default) 

  • Destination: select the destination to which the standard doclet will write the generated documentation. The destination is a doclet specific argument, and therefore not enabled when using a custom doclet.


Use custom doclet

Use a custom doclet to generate documentation 

  • Doclet name: Qualified type name of the doclet
  • Doclet class path: Classpath needed by the doclet class


Standard Doclet Arguments

Standard Doclet Arguments (available when Use standard doclet has been selected):

Option

Description

Document title

Specify a document title.
Generate use page Selected this option if you want the documentation to contain a Use page.
Generate hierarchy tree Selected this option if you want the documentation to contain a Tree page.

Generate navigator bar

Selected this option if you want the documentation to contain a navigation bar (header and footer).
Generate index Selected this option if you want the documentation to contain a Index page.
Separate index per letter Create an index per letter. Enabled when Generate Index is selected. 
@author Selected this option if you want to the @author tag to be documented.
@version Selected this option if you want to the @version tag to be documented.
@deprecated Selected this option if you want to the @deprecated tag to be documented.
deprecated list Selected this option if you want the documentation to contain a Deprecated page. Enabled when the @deprecated option is selected.
Select referenced archives and projects to which links should be generated Specify to which other documentation Javadoc should create links when other types are referenced. 
  • Select All: Create links to all other documentation locations
  • Clear All: Do not create links to other documentation locations
  • Configure: Configure the Javadoc location of a referenced JAR or project.
Style sheet Select the style sheet to use

General Arguments

General Javadoc Options:

Option

Description

Overview

Specifies that Javadoc should retrieve the text for the overview documentation from the given file. It will be placed in overview-summary.html.

VM options

Add any number of extra VM options here.

Extra Javadoc options

Add any number of extra options here: Custom doclet options or JRE 1.4 compatibility options.
Note that arguments containing spaces must enclosed in quotes. For arguments specifying html code (e.g. -header) use the &  or &" to avoid spaces and quotes.

JRE source compatibility

The JRE source compatibility to be accepted by the javadoc tool.

Save the settings of this Javadoc export as an Ant script

Specify to store an Ant script that will perform the specified Javadoc export without the need to use the wizard. Existing Ant script can be modified with this wizard (Use Open Javadoc wizard' from the context menu on the generated Ant script)

Open generated index file in browser Opens the generated index.html file in the browser (Only available when using the standard doclet)

Press Finish to start the Javadoc generation. If the destination is different to the location configured the project's Javadoc Location page , you will be asked if you want to set the project's Javadoc location to the new destination folder. By doing this, all invocations of Open External Javadoc will use the now created documentation.

A new process will be started and the generation performed in the background. Open the Console view (Window > Show View > Console) to see the progress and status of the generation.

Related References

File actions
Javadoc location properties