This extension point associates plug-ins with the javadoc location of the code they contain. PDE uses these mappings to automatically attach javadoc to plug-in libraries when it computes a plug-in's classpath.
The <code>path</code> is a URL or a path that is relative to the plug-in declaring the extension.
an optional attribute indicating if the javadoc is located inside an archive. If not specified, the default is <code>false</code>. This attribute should be used only if the <code>path</code> attribute specifies a relative path. This attribute has no effect if the <code>path</code> attribute specifies a URL.
the id of the plug-in whose javadoc location is specified by the <code>path</code> attribute
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The following is an example of the <code>javadoc</code> extension:
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<extension point="org.eclipse.pde.core.javadoc">
<javadoc path="doc.zip!/references/api/" archive="true"/>
<plugin id="com.example.abc"/>
<plugin id="com.example.def"/>
</javadoc>
<javadoc path="http://www.sample-url.org/doc/"/>
<plugin id="com.example.ghi"/>
</javadoc>
<javadoc path="doc/"/>
<plugin id="com.example.jkl"/>
</javadoc>
</extension>
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In this example, the javadoc for two plug-ins: <code>com.example.abc</code> and <code>com.example.xyz</code> have their javadoc located in a <code>references/api/</code> directory inside a <code>doc.zip</code> ZIP file in the plug-in declaring this extension.
The javadoc for plug-in <code>com.example.ghi</code> is located at <code>http://www.sample-url.org/doc/</code>.
The javadoc for plug-in <code>com.example.jkl</code> is located in directory <code>doc</code> relative to the location of the plug-in declaring this extension.
No Java code is requied for this extension point.
Eclipse SDK comes with ISV documentation plug-ins that use this extension point.
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