is the java source available??

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TrevorBoydSmith@gmail.com - 13 Sep 2006 13:49 GMT

I was just curious if the java source is available??? I ask because
sometimes I want to look at the source instead of the java API
documentation.

So far I have tried going into the rt.jar which contains the java run
time *.class files for all its libraries but the source files are not
next to the *.class files. How would one look up the java source?

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Andrew Thompson - 13 Sep 2006 13:56 GMT

TrevorBoydSm...@gmail.com wrote:

> I was just curious if the java source is available???

Please fix that sticky '?' key.

And next time you are 'just curious' you might try
'just searching' using the words you would otherwise
waste our bandwidth on. E.G.
<http://www.google.com/search?q=java+source+available>

(Note that I cleverly dropped out the first part, and 'is')

Andrew T.

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Michael Rauscher - 13 Sep 2006 13:59 GMT

TrevorBoydSmith@gmail.com schrieb:

> I was just curious if the java source is available??? I ask because
> sometimes I want to look at the source instead of the java API
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> time *.class files for all its libraries but the source files are not
> next to the *.class files. How would one look up the java source?

Have a look at src.zip located in the root of the JDK installation
directory.

Bye
Michael

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Babu Kalakrishnan - 13 Sep 2006 14:13 GMT

An archive file with source code of all public classes that you're
allowed to use is available along with the JDK in a file named src.zip -
You will not find in it the source code for a lot of Sun specific
implementatins (which you are't supposed to use in your program anyway)
- but even these can be downloaded from the Sun website separately.

BK

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TrevorBoydSmith@gmail.com - 13 Sep 2006 15:47 GMT

Ya sorry about the wasted thread here. I did end up finding the java
source online with a simple google search.

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FYI it is only available for java 1.5 or greater.

p.s. And yes I will get that `?' key fixed.

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Arne Vajhøj - 13 Sep 2006 17:25 GMT

> FYI it is only available for java 1.5 or greater.

All my JDK's from 1.2.2 to 1.6 has it.

(in older versions it is src.jar not src.zip)

Arne

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