Including images in javadocs

Question

I work with a lot of sample test cases that are visual. Is there any convenient way to include them in my Java source and link them in Javadocs, so my IDE can automatically show them while coding (by invoking a javadoc renderer feature in my IDE?)

I tried putting an image next to the Java source and using <img>, but it's not taking (I used a png).

(note - it's in my test sources in this case)

Answer 1

A bit far fetched, but you can inline the images in the documentation by converting them into Base64. It would look like this:

<img src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADIA..." /> 

There are online tools available to do the conversion:

• http://www.base64-image.de
• http://daturi.me
• http://www.freeformatter.com/base64-encoder.html