Re: need help with javadocs

From:
Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Sat, 28 Apr 2012 16:49:11 -0700
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<Xl%mr.74277$YM2.19618@newsfe05.iad>
On 4/28/12 4:25 PM, bilsch wrote:

Several times I've visited Oracle site to browse the class library
documentation but I never come away with information that satisfied my
curiosity. Here's an example. If someone leads me through this example
it may get me moving through javadocs successfully.

EXAMPLE:
I have a book with the following a statement:
Font f = new Font("TimesRoman", Font.Bold, 36);
The book says that Font is from the java.awt package. I understand what
the statement does, but I don't know where to find a list of the
parameters that Font can work with, for instance I would assume
("CourierNew", Font.Italic, 12) will work, but where is this information
listed? Even more important, where will the documentation tell me what
kind of information goes in the =new Font(a, b, c) part of the
statement. Instead of a, b and c why not w, x, y and z? Where does the
documentation tell me the kind and number of parameters that go inside
the parentheses in Font f = new Font()?

TIA Bill S.


If you do a google search for 'java.awt.font 1.6', you'll likely come
across this page:

docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/awt/Font.html

This is the javadoc for Font. It includes details for the Font
constructor (which is what you were looking at).

HTH,
Daniel.

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