javadoc generation using custom doclet

[Viswanath Thulluru]

Hi,

I configured a custom doclet for generating Java documentation through Eclipse.
Where does the documentation gets generated when I use Custom Doclet. I don't see any destination location for this.

Please help. I am getting the console output like this

"
Building tree for all the packages and classes...
Generating \com\ford\icesim\core\part\Example1.html...
Generating \com\ford\icesim\core\part\Part.html...
Generating \com\ford\icesim\core\annotations\IceParameter.html...
Generating \com\ford\icesim\core\annotations\IcePart.html...
Generating \com\ford\icesim\core\parameter\ScalarParameter.html...
Generating \com\ford\icesim\core\units\PhysicalQuantity.html...
Generating \overview-frame.html...
Generating \com\ford\icesim\core\annotations\package-frame.html...
Generating \com\ford\icesim\core\annotations\package-summary.html...
Generating \com\ford\icesim\core\annotations\package-tree.html...
=======

"

Thanks,
Viswanath T

[Campbell Ritchie]

Welcome to the Ranch

That question looks too difficult for this forum, so I shall move it.

[Ulf Dittmer]

Maybe search for the file "PhysicalQuantity.html" on your hard disk

[Tim Holloway]

Interesting. You can specify the output path when using the standard doclet system, but it's not provided as an option for custom classes.

I think that the destination directory is probably going to be tied to the current directory as seen by your custom class. I would expect, actually, that it would be relative to the current project.

Adding this line to the startup code for your custom class and see what you get:

File currentDir = new File(".");
System.out.println("Current directory is: '" + currentDir.getAbsolutePath() + "'");

I put quotes around the path just in case there might be spaces that would otherwise go undetected.

Note that Eclipse does not automatically refresh the project when you run code that makes "offline" changes to the project's files and directories, so do a manual refresh after javadoc generation just to be sure you see the results.