I am using JavaDoc for the first time, however I get a null pointer exception midway..please help.C:\java\src\>javadoc *.javaLoading source file AbstractTool.java...Loading source file DrawCanvas.java...Loading source file DrawCanvasListener.java...Loading source file ...

I'm working with the Javadoc tool that came with J2SDK 1.4 on a RH Linux 7.2 machine. I've written a simple command to run javadoc on the .java files in the working directory:javadoc -d /usr/local/jakarta-tomcat-4.0.1/webapps/doc -verbose -private *.java(I'm trying to set up a Web app for ...

I'm very new to javadoc, and I'm trying to put together a set of guidelines for our developers to follow. One thing I came accross was command line arguments. If a main function is expecting command line arguments, how would this be documented, should @param be used? I didn't see anything ...

How do we get JavaDoc to create the link- Known implementing or known subclasses?TIASanjay

I posted this on the Java Programming section, didn't know this forum for javadocs existed.....Hi, I wrote here yesterday asking about javadocs and looking for information on them. I found this website, which is great and full of information about ...

Trying to use the -source path option, but it is not working with my package strucure. It will only identify one level, nothing below or above. I would think you could Identify one directory and it would search that directory and all sub-directories.In my example I have the following package ...

Is there any way how to extend and use RootDoc, PackageDoc in existing javaDoc.I need to add some information to this documents from different XML files.ThanksTomas

How can I change the CL&F of my javadoc output to something else? My team want to put their logo and change the layout of the default output. Can it be done?

Can I create javadoc from file .class?eg: javadoc Search.class.

I'm writing a doclet which creates PDF output. To create appropriate output, I need to parse HTML code embedded in text descriptions. I wanted to use the DOM parser from jTidy (the HTML clean-up toolkit). But within the HTML parsing method of jTidy's parser, I get this:- [javadoc] javadoc: In ...

Hallo,I'm trying to use javadoc with other doclets. But javadoc finished the process without generating output-files and without any error message.See following example:D:\ph_doc\WEB-INF\classes>javadoc -doclet javaworld.ServletDoclet BookmarkServlet.javaLoading source file ...

I use "javadoc -private" to create documents with inner classes. As a result, all private fields and methods, which I don't need, show up in the same document. Is there any way I can have inner classes without private members?

Can I create a Javadoc documentation with only having the class files and not the source files?

hi,when i run javadoc on my package, one error and three warnings occur, but, the dos window only displays the last few lines.Is there a way to redirect the output to file on win98, i found ways for solaris and winNT, but what about win98?greetz,Yves

Somebody once asked how to create PDF output with javadoc, so here's some work in progress: I am currently creating a PDF doclet which creates directly PDF output from javadoc. It's still in alpha stage, because it does not yet create an index or navigation frame (which is mandatory for the ...

Hello,I will appreciate if someone could explain how can I include additional comments in generated Javadoc when thses comments where not included in original source. I've got the application with many generated classes which do not include enough comments. I'd like to add more comments (per ...

Hello,is it possible to create a todo list out of the @todo tags introduces in java 1.4? If yes can anybody tell me how this could be done?Thanks!Rene

Hi there,I am trying to generrate javadocs for hundreds of files. Some of them do not compilewhile some of them have parsing errors (missing semicolons etc.). When I try to generate the javadoc, it loads each file, prints errors for the one which are not parsableand in the end prints the total ...

While creating the javadocs I encounter a small problem. Every where I used a String, I get a java.lang.String instead of a String ( I know it is a java.lang.String but I don't want to see it), can anyone tell me which option I have to add to remove the unnecessary code.

Hi, all,I methodically added comments to all of my Java files and then ran them through JavaDoc, but the output HTML files do not contain any of my comments. Does anyone know why this might be occuring? Thanks in advance for any help anyone can provide.Here is an example of one of my comments ...

Hi All, I have started looking into a system which has no documentation comments and uses JavaBeans and JSPs. There is no written documentation explaining about these classes, JSPs. Now, I tried doing this by taking .java files of classes and from cache / _jsp folder on the server folders I ...

I want to document all of the packages in my company's project. I saw in the javadoc tutorial that it is possible to specify each package explicitly. The problem with this is that developers are periodically creating new packages. Is there any way I can specify all the packages below a certain ...

Hi,I'm working with Together ControlCenter 6 and JDK 1.3.1 and I want to create JavaDoc for my sources. In Forte For Java there is this "AutoComment tool" which checks the existing comments and gives a window to easily type in the JavaDoc for the classes.Does anybody know if something similar ...

Hii am looking for a tool that can be use for editing the javadoc in the .java files. it should edit constructors, methods and fields.if you know such tool please send me a link.Regardsy.l.

Hello All,I read all of the current posts on this subject and am wondering what the best way to implement this is. I remember reading that this should be easier with 1.4 ... but I haven't seen details about how to implement this in 1.4. The information from this forum suggests that you should ...

I'm been trying out the recent JDK1.4.1 beta in order to use Javadoc with the fixes to the regressions in @inheritDoc. But there are still some problems...Here's part of the official description for "Algorithm for Inheriting Method Descriptions":1. Look in each directly implemented (or ...

My Javadoc wishlist:For fields and short get/set methods, prologue comments are cumbersome and ugly. I wish I could use inline comments instead. Unfortunately, the latter are not supported by Javadoc. Any plans to support them?E.g., instead of /** Path-list su for iteration retrace */ int kPLSI ...

My Javadoc wishlist:Many of my methods use class fields as hidden parameters. The use of these parameters is, as I understand it, one of the advantages of using a class -- one can treat the class as a "common area" and thus avoid the overhead of redundant parameter passing.I'd like to be able ...

I have source files encoded as UTF8 which compile and run fine, however JavaDoc is not happy about it. I've used:javadoc -encoding "UTF8" -charset "UTF8" -docencoding "UTF8" myPackageWhat's the correct way?

I am having a problem using the com.sun.tools.javadoc.Main.execute(String [] args) invocation using 1.4.0.01 on redhat linux. I can run javadoc from the command line with the following command-line options:javadoc -sourcepath <src path> -docletpath <docletpath> -doclet ...

I am not getting the package list in JavaDoc. Any special switch I need to use to turn it on.TIASanjay

I can see how to exclude packages, but not individual files (I'm using Ant). Is there a way? I tried deleting those classfiles before javadoc, but it seems to find them in my jar...-- David

Hi Guys,Here's a question. I have to generate an API for abt. 3 tables as of now but gonna xtend more in future. I have never done this work before. Did a small research and found that we cud do using Javadoc. Can anyone help me out more in detail.Appreciate all your help highly in this.Many ...

hi, how to communicate socketclient in vb and socket server in java usingwinsock component.please help me . thankukavithakavithag@junglemate.com

I'm working with code that I didn't write myself, but which already has Javadoc-style comments. When I generate the javadoc the leading asterisks are not removed. Is this a problem with the way that lines are terminated?

I try to launch the javadoc tool from my application with the execute method :public static int execute(java.lang.String programName, java.io.PrintWriter errWriter, java.io.PrintWriter warnWriter, java.io.PrintWriter noticeWriter, java.lang.String defaultDocletClassName, java.lang.String[] ...

Hello,I have generated my javadoc, I would like to document the overview about the packages as http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/docs/api/overview-summary.htmlHow I put the text?thanks in advanceisa

The Javadoc Tool Reference Page, describing the -useoption, says:"Given class C, things that use class C would include subclasses of C, fields declared as C, methods that return C, and methods and constructors with parameters of type C."I remember this statement being true once upon a ...

I have only class files. Is it possible to generate the java API using the javadoc.If yes, pls tell me how can i do?

Hi folks.yDoc 1.0 has been released."What's that", you ask? Well, it's a javadoc extension bundle that let's you:- exclude classes, fields, and methods only by adding a exclusion tag (y.exclude), but allows for sophisticated custom filter criteria also- define custom tags via an XML based ...

Hi,I read the topic Topic: Doccheck and jdk1.4, but behind the same error occured with Doccheck for me.My problem is same, look this works well:-classpath \jbproject\TAME\classes-sourcepath \jbproject\TAME\src jp.gr.java_conf.tame.swing.examples.dcBut when i try this:-classpath ...

The 1.2 Beta 2 version of the MIF Doclet was released to the public today. It's been a bit over a year since the previous public release.Here are the top 10 reasons to switch (these are the new features): 1) Works with version 1.4.x of Java 2 SDK 2) Generates a Constant Values page for static ...

I am using JDK 1.4 and I want to customize some of the strings in the Standard doclet's resource bundle. I tried modifying a local copy of the standard.properties file and placing it in the classpath but it does not pick up the modified strings. Is there some technical reason why this wont ...

I have a package with a set of class, and I would like to define the version when I build my package.Is there an easy solution to include the same version identification in all generated html files.Up to now, the only solition that I have is to make a global replace of the @version tag in all ...

Hi.I am trying to generate javadoc for my application..But When I see the docs.It doesnt have the links for String and other used classes.What should I do to give the linksThanks in advance,A.Umar

I'm interested in a work around for this irritating (but non-critical) bug:When I create application docs that -link to the sun APIs, moving from my Javadoc pages to the sun API pages causes a browser security violation: Line: 13Error: Access is denied.The offending function is:function ...

Hi!Does somebody have the same problem like me? I tried to make my own SDK-API, but i got a huge nummbers of errors in the java package. After javadoc loaded the source file of java.util.zip, it shows me that it founds 20 errors and 201 warnings and then it ...

Hi,I have some javadocs comments and in the method description, it says something like " blah blah System Year + 30 blah" but after compiling the docs and viewing them it comes out as " blah blah System Year 30 blah".If I view the generated html file in notepad, the + symbol is there, but it is ...

Hi,I have encoding problems with mifdoclet 1.2.My javadoc-comments are in german language,so I need more than ASCII, e.g. ISO-8859-1or UTF8. So I started by adding the properties -locale de_DE -encoding 8859-1But when I open the generated mif-files withAdobe FrameMaker 6 I get the following ...

Can you use the Javadoc tool to document JSP's. If not does anyone know what tool to use.ThanksNaca