Specifying the Default Javadoc Search Engine
You can perform the following actions on the Javadoc search engine:
- Change the default Javadoc search engine.
The JDK 1.2/1.3 search engine is the default search engine at startup. You can switch to using the Japanese JDK 1.2/1.3 search engine, which enables you to search internationalized Javadoc documentation.
- Configure the properties of a Javadoc search engine. For all search engines, you can turn on or off case sensitive searches. For the Japanese JDK 1.2/1.3 search engine, you can specify the character encoding.
- Create a custom Javadoc search engine.
To change the default search engine:
- From the main window, choose Tools
Options.
- In the Options window, expand the Code Documentation node and select the Documentation subnode.
- Click the value of the Default Search Engine property and select
to the engine you want
to use for searching Javadoc documentation.
To configure the properties of a Javadoc executor:
- In the Options window, expand Code Documentation
Javadoc Search Types.
-
Select a search engine and modify its properties to your preferred values.
- Case Sensitive Search.
If True, searches with exact case matching.
- Encoding.
For the Japanese JDK 1.2/1.3 search engine only. Specifies the mapping between characters and code values. For more information on the supported encodings, visit the Sun Microsystems web page at http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/guide/intl/encoding.doc.html
To create a custom search engine:
- In the Options window, right-click the Javadoc Search Types node and choose New
service type.
- In the wizard, enter a name for the search engine and click Finish.
A node for the search engine is added to the Options window.
-
Select the node and modify its properties to your preferred values.
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