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I've finally gotten around to learning Java and am looking for some documentation for Java that I can download and read offline. Something like Sun's stuff but zipped up or as a PDF or CHM.
I'm using Eclipse so something that integrates with that would be nice. It already seems to have some of what I want somewhere (the javadoc stuff) but I don't see how to search it and I'm not seeing a language ref.
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Go to the Java SE page, select the Downloads tab and under the Additional downloads, there're Download buttons for the docs.
Look at the javadoc for String, at http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/String.html (or from your link above, just scroll down to find String in the lower left list. You'll find there's a method there called toUpperCase() . You can click on it to find the details.
From the main menu, select Tools | Generate JavaDoc. In the dialog that opens, select a scope — a set of files or directories for which you want to generate the reference, and set the output directory where the generated documentation will be placed.
Step 1 − Open eclipse, select the option Project →Generate Javadoc. Step 2 − Select the javadoc.exe file from the bin folder of java installation directory, select the destination folder for the generated java doc and select Next. finish button.
Full Documentation in Windows Help Format http://javadoc.allimant.org/
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I'm not sure that I fully understand your question.
If you are interested in materials about learning Java (rather than API references), you can download all of it as a zip file. It will be multiple HTML files, but I've never seen a real problem with browsing them unless I wanted a printout. If you need a printout of the tutorial, just get the tutorial in book form.
If you are looking for the JavaDocs for a specific API, and you use Eclipse, your best bet might be to use the version of Eclipse that is specific for Java and comes packaged with the JDK source code (or just download the source code). You can then read the documentation of methods through different views like the Java Browsing view.
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