Add Javadoc to Netbeans

On January 1, 2011 · 2 Comments

I installed Netbeans 6.9 on my machine and found that Javadoc is not installed. For example when invoking intellisense for a method in Calendar class I get the following message.

Javadoc not available

Javadoc is not installed with Netbeans by default but can easily be installed. This is how it’s done.

First download documentation from this link. Get the documentation zip file and copy it to a folder. Next go to Tools –> Java Platforms in Netbeans. This brings up Java Platform Manager. On this screen select the environment e.g. JDk 1.6 and then click on Javadoc tab. Browse to the zip file and click close on Java Platform Manager.

Netbeans-Java Platforms Manager