Mounting a Javadoc Filesystem

The Javadoc tab of the Explorer displays the Javadoc documentation that is mounted in the IDE or that was generated in the IDE from mounted sources. You can mount Javadoc documentation from the following sources:

To mount a directory:

  1. In the Explorer, click the Javadoc tab.
  2. In the Javadoc tab, right-click the Javadoc node and choose Add Directory.
  3. In the Mount Directory dialog box, select the directory that contains the Javadoc documentation.
  4. Click Mount.

    If the directory contains Javadoc index files, the directory is added to the Javadoc tab. If the directory does not contain Javadoc index files, an alert box asks if you want to mount the directory. If you click Yes, the directory is mounted, and you can set a relative mount point for the directory as follows:

    1. Right-click the mount point and choose Properties.
    2. In the Properties dialog box, click the Expert tab.
    3. Set the Root Offset property to a relative mount point.

To mount a JAR or zip file:

  1. In the Explorer, click the Javadoc tab.
  2. In the Javadoc tab, right-click the Javadoc node and choose Add JAR.
  3. In the Mount JAR Archive dialog box, select the JAR or zip file that contains the Javadoc documentation.
  4. Click Mount.

    See the preceding procedure for instructions on how to handle a JAR file or zip file does not contain Javadoc index files.

To mount an HTTP connection:

  1. In the Explorer, click the Javadoc tab.
  2. In the Javadoc tab, right-click the Javadoc node and choose Add HTTP filesystem.
  3. In the Choose URL dialog box, type the URL that contains the Javadoc documentation.
  4. Click OK.

    The URL is added to the Javadoc tab.

See also
Mounting the Java 2 SDK
Searching Through Javadoc-Generated Documentation
Generating Javadoc Documentation
Browsing the Javadoc Documentation of the JDK

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