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In a platform app java file there is the following: import org.openide.filesystems.FileObject; import org.openide.util.ImageUtilities; - Place the caret at the end of the word "FileObject" and do <ctrl-shft-space> Observe the javadoc for FileObject ("NetBeans API Documentation" *is* installed). - Put the caret at the end of ImageUtilities and do the same Observe the error "javadoc not found". This is a particular problem since these things, like Lookup, are so commonly used.
Attempted workaround failed. On the "javadoc not found" dialog, there was an "attach javadoc" option. I selected that and added the API docs zip (from .../AppData/Roaming/NetBeans/8.0/docs/NetBeansAPIs.zip) and that did not fix the problem.
Works for me in a simple NB app (trying in dev nad 8.0.2 version). Do you have correct dependencies set up ?
The problem is cause by something in Menu>Tools>Libraries. I have a library named nb-lookup which contains the jars for org-openide-util-lookup. I use this frequently for plain old java projects. In the library they referenced .../NetBeans 8.0/platform/lib/xxx.jar. I copied these two jar files somewhere else, and changed the "Ant Library Manager" entry to point there and now the javadoc works. I changed nothing else. Funny that the search for javadoc got confused by this (something that's not a library in the project). BTW, the library in question did reference the same javadoc as well. Changed it to P3.
Your library did not specify the javadoc folder for the Lookup ? I was only able to reproduce the 'missing javadoc' if I removed NB development support, but retained API javadocs packed (from the NetBeans Platform API Documentation plugin).
- The platform API plugin is installed - set library nb-lookup to reference org-openide-util-lookup.jar, org-openide-util.jar from <install-dir>NetBeans 8.0/platform/lib This is also the default platform. Make javadoc and source tabs empty. - create new platform app, create module in app - create class in module - enter method with line "Lookup.getDefault();" - hint: Search module dependency for lookup - select "Lookup API" in Add Module Dependency dialog. - put caret over "getDefault()" and enter <ctrl-shift-space> Observe javadoc not found in the javadoc popup - click on "Attach javadoc..." from the same javadoc popup - click on "Add Zip/Folder..." in "Select Javadoc" dialog - Navigate to <userdir>/docs, select NetBeansAPIs.zip - click "Add Zip/Folder..." - click OK in "Select javadoc" dialog - put caret over "getDefault()" and enter <ctrl-shift-space> Observe javadoc not found in the javadoc popup, but this time the message about "attach javadoc" is not in the popup Below I have copied the contents of .../AppData/Roaming/NetBeans/8.0/config/org-netbeans-api-project-libraries /Libraries/nb-lookup.xml There are two versions; they are labeled "initial condition" and "after adding javadoc". Note that the 2nd one has what looks like a bogus path for the javadoc. .../NetBeansAPIs.zip!/org-netbeans-api-progress/ I don't think the org-netbeans-api-progress should be there. The problems are 1 - can't find javadoc when I first try it 2 - add javadoc modifies a library *not* referenced by my module project 3 - the add javadoc creates a bad entry === initial condition === <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <library xmlns="http://www.netbeans.org/ns/library-declaration/3" version="3.0"> <name>nb-lookup</name> <type>j2se</type> <display-name>nb-lookup</display-name> <volume> <type>classpath</type> <resource>jar:file:/C:/b/j/NetBeans%208.0/platform/lib/org-openide-util-lookup.jar!/</resource> <resource>jar:file:/C:/b/j/NetBeans%208.0/platform/lib/org-openide-util.jar!/</resource> </volume> <volume> <type>src</type> </volume> <volume> <type>javadoc</type> </volume> <volume> <type>maven-pom</type> </volume> <properties/> </library> === after adding javadoc === <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <library xmlns="http://www.netbeans.org/ns/library-declaration/3" version="3.0"> <name>nb-lookup</name> <type>j2se</type> <display-name>nb-lookup</display-name> <volume> <type>classpath</type> <resource>jar:file:/C:/b/j/NetBeans%208.0/platform/lib/org-openide-util-lookup.jar!/</resource> <resource>jar:file:/C:/b/j/NetBeans%208.0/platform/lib/org-openide-util.jar!/</resource> </volume> <volume> <type>src</type> </volume> <volume> <type>javadoc</type> <resource>jar:file:/C:/Users/err/AppData/Roaming/NetBeans/8.0/docs/NetBeansAPIs.zip!/org-netbeans-api-progress/</resource> </volume> <volume> <type>maven-pom</type> </volume> <properties/> </library>
If I now go to Menu>Tools>Libraries>nb-lookup>javadoc I see C:/Users/err/AppData/Roaming/NetBeans/8.0/docs/NetBeansAPIs.zip So it doesn't show the bogus part of the entry. Product Version: NetBeans IDE 8.0.2 (Build 201411181905) Updates: NetBeans IDE is updated to version NetBeans 8.0.2 Patch 1 Java: 1.8.0_40; Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM 25.40-b25 Runtime: Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment 1.8.0_40-b26 System: Windows 7 version 6.1 running on amd64; Cp1252; en_US (nb) User directory: C:\Users\err\AppData\Roaming\NetBeans\8.0 Cache directory: C:\Users\err\AppData\Local\NetBeans\Cache\8.0
Moving to java platform/libs. The current code selects the first valid javadoc root from the added ZIP file, if the ZIP's root does not hold javadoc index files direclty.
(In reply to Svata Dedic from comment #7) > The current code selects the first valid > javadoc root from the added ZIP file This problem occurs because a library, nb-lookup in this case, is being referenced event though it has not been added to the project. Does your comment (and reassignment) consider this. I'm kind of in the woods on this whole thing.
(In reply to err from comment #8) > > This problem occurs because a library, nb-lookup in this case, is being > referenced event though it has not been added to the project. > Sorry - I didn't understand; could you pls. elaborate ?
I tried to describe this in comment #3; but not very well. I find that javadoc completion works fine for Lookup if the library named nb-lookup does not reference the jar files from the platform. See the end of comment #5 for what the library nb-lookup is. But the point I am trying to make with the comment This problem occurs because a library, nb-lookup in this case, is being referenced even though it has not been added to the project. is that the library nb-lookup is *NOT* part of the project. By "library" I mean something you see in Menu>Tools>Libraries. I do not understand how some library, that is not included in the project, is being referenced by the project. In fact, I do not believe you can include any "library" in a module project. You need to put them into a "Library Wrapper Module"