Eclipse Generate Javadoc Wizard: what is "Javadoc Command"?

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Mr. Boy picture Mr. Boy · Jun 22, 2010 · Viewed 141.7k times · Source

I want to generate the javadocs for an open-source code-base I'm using. But I'm being asked for a "Javadoc Command" by the Eclipse Generate JavaDoc wizard and the help doesn't explain what this means. Is it wanting the path to the javadoc binary/jar or something else?

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Michael Borgwardt picture Michael Borgwardt · Jun 22, 2010

Yes, presumably it wants the path to the javadoc command line tool that comes with the JDK (in the bin directory, same as java and javac).

Eclipse should be able to find it automatically; are you perhaps running it on a JRE? That would explain the request.

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