I decided to learn JavaFX. I need to browse source code of classes like javafx.scene.layout.StackPane .
So I pressed F3 to go to source code. There is no source code and no button that allows to attach source code.
I looked in the Internet and din't find anything helpful.
I use eclipse kepler and java7.
I have jfxrt.jar in my classpath.
For Java SE 8, the JavaFX source code is distributed with the JDK. If Eclipse does not pick it up automatically, you need to select the zip file using the standard "Attach Source" approach. The file is called javafx-src.zip and is located alongside src.zip in the root of the unpacked Oracle JDK (on Windows).
Recommended - use Java 8 + e(fx)clipse
I believe if you use the recommended e(fx)clipse plugin for JavaFX development and a recent Oracle (Java 8+) JDK, then the Eclipse IDE will automatically be configured to be aware of the JavaFX sources.
Otherwise manually attach sources
If this doesn't work for you, then you can follow JodaStephan's suggestion of attaching sources manually.
For Java 7 users
If you must use Java 7 rather than Java 8, then full source won't be available as JavaFX was only fully open sourced for Java 8. However, you can view some of the source by manually downloading the source code as described at: Where can I download the JavaFX 2.2 source code?, then manually attaching sources. I do not recommend use of Java 7 for JavaFX development or runtime as there were many bug fixes and improvements in Java 8 which are not ported to Java 7.
Disclaimer
I'm not an Eclipse user and haven't tried some of these options.
Where can I find code examples for Java 7 EE Tutorial? I've already found examples for Java 1.5, Java 1.6 with Ant tool & Glassfish server v3 and examples named "firstcup" for Java 1.7.
But there are no files coupled with this tutorial (it uses Apache Maven instead of Ant).
UPDATE
Here they are:
SVN
If you click "check out" on the page, it shows the URL for SVN checkout. You can use that URL in command line SVN as:
svn co https://svn.java.net/svn/javaeetutorial~svn
Or you can copy the URL into a tool like Tortoise SVN and check out that way.
Regardless, you need a login on the java.net to use when checking out.
Download the Java EE 7 SDK Update 3 no web profile
Unzip the file
glassfish4/docs/javaee-tutorial/example
When writing Java code, I refer extensively to the Javadoc—that is, the Java® Platform, Standard Edition & Java Development Kit Version x API Specification. I know how to read it online from the website, but I would like to download a copy to my computer so that I can read it offline when no Internet connection is available.
How can I download the documentation? Is there a way to "download" the Javadoc (JDK documentation) from an online site to a local file?
The online docs I am using tend to reject clients such as Eclipse, making work difficult, so I need to pull them onto my machine and attach them to my library JAR.
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Also of interest:
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First, make sure they don't already offer an download in zip form or similar.
Then, make sure you are actually allowed to do this (this may depend on where you live, and on any conditions mentioned on the web site from where you want to pull this).
Then, have a look at the Wget tool. It is part of the GNU system, thus included in many Linux distributions, but also available for Windows and Mac, I suppose.
Something like this works for me:
wget --no-parent --recursive --level inf --page-requisites --wait=1 \
https://epaul.github.io/jsch-documentation/simple.javadoc/
(without the line break; it should be escaped by the \ backslash here).
Look up what each option does in the manual before trying this.
If you want to do this repeatedly, look into the --mirror option.
For downloading other websites, --convert-links might also be useful, but I found that is not needed for Javadocs, which usually have the correct absolute and relative links.
This downloads lots of the same copy of the index.html file with appended ?... names (for the FRAMES links on each page). You can remove these files after downloading by adding the --reject 'index.html\?*' option, but they still will be downloaded first (and checked for recursive links). I did not yet find out how to avoid downloading them at all. (See this related question on Server Fault.)
Maybe adding the right recursion level would help here (I didn't try).
After downloading, you might want to zip the resulting directory to take less disk space. Use the zip tool of your choice for this.
For any Javadoc (not just the ones available for download) you can use the DownThemAll addon for Firefox with a suitable renaming mask, for example:
*subdirs*/*name*.*ext*
https://www.downthemall.org/main/install-it/downthemall-3-0-7/
It's possible to use some older versions of the DownThemAll add-on with Pale Moon browser.
You can use something called Dash: Offline API Documentation for Mac. For Windows and Linux you have an alternative called Zeal.
Both of them are very similar. And you can get offline documentation for most of the APIs out there like Java, Android, Angular, HTML5, etc. ... almost everything.
I have also written a post on How to install Zeal on Ubuntu 14.04
update 2019-09-29: Java version 11
The technique below does not now work with Java 11, and probably higher versions: there is no way of ignoring multiple "broken links" (i.e. to other classes, other APIs). Solution: keep your javadoc executable file (or javadoc.exe) from Java version 8
There are good reasons for making your own local javadocs, and it's not particularly difficult!
First you need the source. At the time of writing the Java 8 JDK comes with a zip file called src.zip. Sometimes, for unexplained reasons, Oracle don't always include the source. So for some older versions (and who knows about the future) you have to get hold of the Java source in another way. It's worth also being aware that, in the past, Oracle have sometimes included the source with the Linux version of the JDK, but not with the Windows one.
I just unzipped this file... the top directories are "com", "java", "javax", "launcher" and "org". Directory launcher contains no files to document.
You can generate the javadocs very very simply from any or all of these by CD'ing at the command prompt/terminal to the directory ...\src. Then go
javadoc -d docs -Xmaxwarns 10 -Xmaxerrs 10 -Xdoclint:none -sourcepath . -subpackages java:javax:org:com
NB note that there is a "." after -sourcepath
Simple as that. Generating your own javadocs also has 2 huge advantages
you know they are precisely the right javadocs for the JDK (or any exernal jar file) you are using on your system
once you get into the habit, reconstituting
your Javadocs is not a tiresome challenge (i.e. where to go looking for them). For example I just unzipped a couple of source jars whose packages are closely coupled, so their sources were in effect "merged" & then made a single Javadoc from them...
NB Swing is semi-officially DEAD. We should all be switching to JavaFX, which is helpfully bundled with Java 8 JDK, but in its own source file, javafx-src.zip.
Unzipped, this reveals 3 "root" packages: com, javafx and netscape (wha'?). These should be manually moved over the to appropriate places under the unzipped src directory (including the JavaFX com.sun packages under the Java com.sun strcture). Compiling all these Javadoc files took my machine a non-negligible time. I'd expect to see all the JavaFX source classes in with all the other source classes some time soon.
BTW, the same thinking applies to documenting any and all Java jars (with source) which you use. However, all versions of most jars will be found with their documentation available for download at Maven Central http://search.maven.org...
PS afterthought: using Eclipse and the "Gradle STS" plugin: the "New Gradle STS Project" wizard will create a gradle.build file containing the line
include plugin: 'eclipse'
This magically downloads the source jar with the executable jar (under GRADLE_HOME) when you go
./gradlew build
[addendum 2020-01-13: if you have chosen not to include the Eclipse plugin in your build.gradle, it would appear that you can go (with the selection on your project in the Project Explorer) Right-click Gradle --> Refresh Gradle Project to get Eclipse to download the source files.]
... giving you an extra degree of certainty that you have got the right src and therefore the right javadoc for the dependency in question.
I have used Javadoc packaged by Allimant since I was in college.
The Javadoc is in the CHM format (standard Windows help format), so it's the best viewed when you're using Windows.
For the download of latest Java documentation (JDK 8u77) API
Navigate to http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html
Under Addition Resources and Under Java SE 8 Documentation,
click the Download button.
Under Java SE Development Kit 8 Documentation → Java SE Development Kit 8u77 Documentation.
Accept the License Agreement and click on the download ZIP file.
Unzip the downloaded file
Start the API documentation from jdk-8u77-docs-all\docs\api\index.html
For the other Java versions API download, follow the following steps.
Navigate to http://docs.oracle.com/javase/
From Release dropdown, select either of Java SE 7/6/5.
In corresponding Java SE page and under Downloads left side menu,
click JDK 7/6/5 Documentation or Java SE Documentation.
Now on the next page, select the appropriate Java SE Development Kit 7uXX Documentation.
Accept License Agreement and click on Download ZIP file.
Unzip the file and start the API documentation from
jdk-7uXX-docs-all\docs\api\index.html.
In this case ... make your own javadocs!
First you need the source. At the time of writing the Java 8 JDK comes with a zip file called src.zip. Sometimes, for unexplained reasons, Oracle don't always include the source. So for some older versions (and who knows about the future) you have to get hold of the Java source in another way. It's worth also being aware that, in the past, Oracle have sometimes included the source with the Linux version of the JDK, but not with the Windows one.
I just unzipped this file... the top directories are "com", "java", "javax", "launcher" and "org". Directory launcher contains no files to document.
You can generate the javadocs very very simply from any or all of these by CD'ing at the command prompt/terminal to the directory ...\src. Then go
javadoc -d docs -Xmaxwarns 10 -Xmaxerrs 10 -Xdoclint:none -sourcepath
. -subpackages java:javax:org:com
NB note that there is a "." after -sourcepath
Simple as that. Generating your own javadocs also has the huge advantage that you know they are precisely the right javadocs for the JDK you are using on your system.
The same applies to documenting any and all Java .jars (with source) which you use. However, all versions of most jars will be found with their documentation available for download at Maven Central http://search.maven.org...
JavaFX API documentation
You could download the Mac 2.2 preview release from here and unzip it.
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javafx/downloads/devpreview-1429449.html
The Javadoc won't quite match 2.1, but it will be close and if you use the preview instead, it will match exactly.
For the download of latest java documentation(jdk-8u77) API
Navigate to http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html
Under Addition Resources and Under Java SE 8 Documentation
Click Download button
Under Java SE Development Kit 8 Documentation > Java SE Development Kit 8u77 Documentation
Accept the License Agreement and click on the download zip file
Unzip the downloaded file
Start the API docs from
jdk-8u77-docs-all\docs\api\index.html
For the other java versions api download, follow the following steps.
Navigate to http://docs.oracle.com/javase/
From Release dropdown select either of Java SE 7/6/5
In corresponding JAVA SE page and under Downloads left side menu
Click JDK 7/6/5 Documentation or Java SE Documentation
Now in next page select the appropriate Java SE Development Kit 7uXX Documentation.
Accept License Agreement and click on Download zip file
Unzip the file and Start the API docs from
jdk-7uXX-docs-all\docs\api\index.html
The updated latest version of "The Java language Specification" can be found via the following links.
Java 7
Java 8
For example, Java Platform Standard Edition 7 Documentation has a link to download "JDK 7 Documentation" in the sidebar under "Downloads". I'd expect the same for other versions.
I have a question that pops up occusionally.
I am trying to debug some jdk apis using eclipse.
I have tried:
1) Using the jre inside jdk (containing the jdk src) as the jre to use
2) Adding the jdk src as a separate project and add reference from my project to the jdk project.
I started debugging.
I got into the jdk code but only up to a certain point.
Then I got the "Attach Source" editor.
The part of code I am trying to debug is part of java's pkix apis that uses the JCE provider architecture.
So for example I do
Certificate generateCertificate(fin);//I go into the code
then I step into
return certFacSpi.engineGenerateCertificate(inStream);
And I get "Source Not Found Editor"
I see that the class called is:
public class sun.security.provider.X509Factory extends java.security.cert.CertificateFactorySpi
But I can not seem to find the package sun.security.provider in the jdk src.
Isn't all src available from SUN? Am I doing something wrong in my environment setup?
Any input is highly welcome
The full source code is distributed as separate jar file, but it's a little bit outdated (6u23): http://download.java.net/jdk6/source/
But you can also download the openjdk sources, that contain also the source of the sun specific classes.
I'm new to Eclipse and am using it currently to play with Java EE.
When using Ctrl+Space for types/functions from the regular Java libraries I get a full description (i.e. general description of the type, what are the arguments of the method for, etc.). However I don't get the same for Java EE types.
For example, when using Ctrl+Space on methods of the HttpSession class I get only names like "arg0" or "obj" and no description.
How can I remedy this?
I'd suggest downloading the javadocs and adding them in eclipse. (right click project > properties > java build path > libraries > expand the library > set Javadoc location)
I think that's why Java EE defines a specification only, the implementation must then be done by the provider of your application server. javax.servlet.http.HttpSession e.g. is bundled in servlet.jar.
It you are using Tomcat as your application server, you could attach the java sources to your servlet.jar and then you can browse the source and read it's javadoc.
The source for the latest tomcat is here ->
http://www.apache.org/dist/tomcat/tomcat-6/v6.0.26/src/apache-tomcat-6.0.26-src.zip
I wanted to add what might be very pertinent information for projects using maven and eclipse / wtp. What I did to get the Javadocs to attach nicely was the following 2 steps.
1) I am using glassfish so using the glassfish plugin site I installed the java ee 6 (or 7) documentation. You can easily view this documentation with Help->Java EE 6 docs. I copied the URL from here.
2) Opened my projects build path and went to the libraries tab. Opened the Maven Dependencies and found the java ee 6 api entry (this should be part of the maven project). Opened this up and was able to add a location for the javadocs for the api. I pasted the file:/// url I had copied.
Then I verified this worked by using the ctrl + shift plus mouse pointer hover over some of the java ee 6 classes and methods.
I hope this information will be useful to other who searched and got here but didn't find the solution they were looking for (or for those who now use Maven!).