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I tried out the JavaFX tutorial for Netbeans with Maven and got it running without a problem. Maven found the artifacts, downloaded them, build the project and started it. But I get no code completion (Missing sources and Javadocs). I tried to download the sources and javadocs for the maven dependencies in Netbeans, but only the sources/javadocs for the wrapper artifacts (e.g. the empty javafx-controls-11) are available. But no sources are found for the actual implementation (e.g. javafx-controls-11-linux). Where do I find the sources/javadocs and how do I add them to Netbeans? There is an

Let's say I have the following function: /** * Thorough explanation * */ public void somethingImportant(String parameter) { (...) } Now for convenience, I add the following function: public void somethingImportant() { somethingImportant(null); } The javadoc for both functions should be next to identical. Perhaps the only difference is that the first function has an extra line describing what parameter does. Is there any way to avoid simply copying the existing javadoc, and instead reusing it? Social_Engineerer What about using @see tag and pointing to the original, non-overloaded method? Then

Just recently, my Eclipse installation has stopped reliably displaying Javadoc information for any of the classes in rt.jar . Neither the hover-over documentation, nor the content assist are able to display Javadoc for any non-local types. The issue is sporadic, with the Javadocs sometimes working perfectly for several hours at a time. Looking in the workspace log, I see messages such as the following: !ENTRY org.eclipse.jdt.ui 4 10001 2012-08-13 10:03:58.050 !MESSAGE Internal Error !STACK 1 Java Model Exception: Java Model Status [Timed out while retrieving the attached javadoc for String