Eclipse Generate Javadoc Wizard: what is “Javadoc Command”?

Question

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

Answer 1

There are already useful answers to this question above, however there is one more possibility which I don't see being addressed here.

We should consider that the java is installed correctly (that's why eclipse could have been launched in the first place), and the JDK is also added correctly to the eclipse. So the issue might be for some reason (e.g. migration of eclipse to another OS) the path for javadoc is not right which you can easily check and modify in the javadoc wizard page. Here is detailed instructions:

1. Open the javadoc wizard by Project->Generate Javadoc...
2. In the javadoc wizard window make sure the javadoc command path is correct as illustrated in below screenshot: