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Bug 245625 - NetBeans should offer to download documentation instead assuming online access
Summary: NetBeans should offer to download documentation instead assuming online access
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: java
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Platform (show other bugs)
Version: 8.0
Hardware: All All
: P3 normal with 1 vote (vote)
Assignee: Tomas Zezula
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Reported: 2014-07-13 23:07 UTC by ecerichter
Modified: 2014-07-13 23:07 UTC (History)
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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.