Working with the Open Sourced Javadoc
The sources in this project involve the javadoc tool, which
parses the declaration and documentation comments in a set of Java
source files and
produces a set of HTML pages describing the classes, interfaces, constructors,
methods, and fields. In this tutorial, we examine
the open sourced Javadoc project in the IDE and learn what we can do with it.
When encountering problems of any kind,
please consult the Troubleshooting Guide.
Setting up
Download and install the OpenJDK sources, and then open the Javadoc project,
as explained in Getting Started with OpenJDK in NetBeans IDE.
Once you have opened the project, the Projects window should look as follows:
Building the Javadoc Sources
To build the Javadoc sources, right-click the Javadoc project in the
Projects window and choose Build Project. The IDE runs the Ant script for the project and shows
output in the Output window.
To view the build results, go to the Favorites window (Ctrl-3)
and browse to the "j2se" folder. Once you have added the folder,
you can see the newly created "build" and "dist" folders,
the latter containing your build output, as shown in the following image:
