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Bug 245625

Summary:	NetBeans should offer to download documentation instead assuming online access
Product:	java	Reporter:	ecerichter
Component:	Platform	Assignee:	Tomas Zezula <tzezula>
Status:	NEW ---
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3
Version:	8.0
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Issue Type:	ENHANCEMENT	Exception Reporter:

Description ecerichter 2014-07-13 23:07:08 UTC

When adding a Java platform, NetBeans assume to use online JavaDoc via url, like "http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/".
Despite online documentation offer up-to-date access to docs (and I acknowledge that this would be the best option most of the time), NetBeans would also offer a "download" button in order to download and configure local copy of docs.
This would make access faster, and also gives access to docs offline.
For today, developers should find and download manually the copy of documentation, then configure manually in NetBeans "Java platforms" UI.