-jd web_reference http://...

[Ethan Bolker]

I can't seem to get the -jd flag to work to create a web reference. I've tried many variants on

java -jar "C:\Program Files\j2h\j2h.jar" -js project -d 2h -jd web_reference http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/ 

and get no links for Java classes. I can link to a local copy of the api, as file://, but then my browser fails when I put the code up on my web page.

I may have a workaround but I'd like to do it right ...

[Jason S]

yes, it's a bit weak this feature, it needs a local copy of the the JavaDoc to scan as well as the http reference.

Feel free to fix it.

Jason

[Leon Poyyayil]

hi,

as i understood the feature (and how i can successfully use it) is as follows:

- you first specify the local copy of the api you want to link to
- and optionally specify the corresponding location of the web resources for these

e.g. in your example this would result to something like the following command line:

java -jar c:\programs\j2h\j2h.jar -js project -d 2h -jd c:\jdk\1.4.2\docs\api http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api

this would work as follows:
for every class that is not part of the sources in 'project' it will look for a matching javadoc file in 'c:\jdk\1.4.2\docs\api'. if it finds a matching file it would insert a link to the corresponding file under the 'http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api' url.

this works in my environment, hope it helps in yours.

cheers
leon

[Ethan Bolker]

Yes, you've (both) solved my problem.

Thanks.

Jason: No, I don't think I'll fix it. But there's a quick good enough fix that requires no coding - just explain on the java2html web page what needs to be done.

Ethan