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Bug 161631 - provide a means to directly specify javadoc path in freeform project
Summary: provide a means to directly specify javadoc path in freeform project
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: java
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Freeform (show other bugs)
Version: 6.x
Hardware: All All
: P3 blocker with 1 vote (vote)
Assignee: Tomas Zezula
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Reported: 2009-03-31 22:09 UTC by jn
Modified: 2010-01-11 04:29 UTC (History)
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Description jn 2009-03-31 22:09:29 UTC 
In a *free-form* project, I would like to have a page on the Project Properties dialog for "Java Sources Javadoc", which
is similar to "Java Sources Classpath" in form and functionality, but which allows one to directly specify the location
of javadoc sources (src paths or generated javadoc).

I am aware of the currently supported mechanism which uses Library Manager.  This mechanism is cumbersome and not
practical at all, for free-form projects which have large numbers of dependencies (The problem gets *a lot worse* if
each project having dependencies has its own copy of all of those dependencies, and dependencies are duplicated across
projects, because this scenario just does not work with the concept of a library manager).

To maintain backward compatibility, the new "Java Sources Javadoc" would supplement (not replace) the Library Manager
mechanism.
Comment 1 Antonin Nebuzelsky 2010-01-11 04:29:25 UTC 
Changing the default component owner to tzezula.