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I have a stupid question about the javadoc for the assignment. I have about 18 java source files and after I ran javadoc for my project it generated about 43 html files. In the Exam Cram 2 Java 2 Developer book by Alain Trottier he said he had 10 source files that produced 100 javadoc html files.

Are we supposed to somehow link our javadoc to the J2SE javadoc API? Otherwise, references to any J2SE core classes do not show up as links in my javadoc. I would think this is ok - that we do not need to link to the core API.

Just wondering since my project did not generate as many javadoc files as the Exam Cram book related to.

Thanks for any input!!
 
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Hi David,

I don't think it matters for the number of generated files if you link to the core classes or not. As far as I can tell the only difference is that it creates links. Which is nicer IMHO.

Your number of files sound about correct by the way. It will generate a html file for every class or interface and some extra for every package and some for the entire project. A 100 would seem a bit too much to me.

Frans.
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So, then how do you link your javadoc to the core classes API javadoc? Or is this required?

Thanks for any input!
 
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You can make your javadoc link to the J2SE docs with the link attribute on the javadoc command. Here's the ant target I use:

 
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I used this command:



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