Comfortable Javadoc API in the browser (web application)

Question

I'm looking for a web application (either an existing web site or a site which I can generate and set it up for myself, or a greasemonkey script), which lets me browse http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/ (or any earlier version I specify) in a more convenient way, i.e. where I can search for a class name.

http://www.jdocs.com/ doesn't seem to do what I want, because it doesn't show me the version I need (javase/6).

I'm currently trying these:

• http://code.google.com/p/javadoc-search-frame/ This works perfectly in Firefox (install the .user.js file, then visit http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/), but it's very hard to use in Google Chrome, because it doesn't work in the main frame, only the all-classes subframe.

Answer 1

Classfinder is a web application that you can run locally. It takes your Javadoc and source (exploded, or tar/jar files), and integrates them (you can configure with any doc/src and it'll integrate the lot). It also provides a search function.

You can provide docs and source for (say) multiple versions of an API (e.g. Java 5, Java 6 etc.) and then configure dynamically which set will be presented.

Answer 2

i love this greasemonkey script

Answer 3

Javadoc Search Frame is now available as a Google Chrome extension, which should solve the issues you had with frames:

https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/mfgkihmpcjjnijmkchojlbccbmhcdfcd

Answer 4

Answering my own question: http://code.google.com/p/javadoc-search-frame/ is nice and easy to use, and it works perfectly in Firefox (install the .user.js file, then visit http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/), and its newest version works perfectly in Google Chrome 6.0.