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• Doc2Dash - Build Dash docsets from Javadoc (or any HTML)
• Gradle plugin
  • Add the plugin to your project
  • Specify settings
  • Create the docset
    • Example
  • Creating the docset feed
    • Example
• Using the API
  • Add dependencies to your project
  • Use the API
• Using the CLI
  • Download the CLI
    • Running in a cloned repository
    • Running a release zip
  • Creating a docset
    • Examples
• Custom HTML to DashDocset generation

Doc2Dash - Build Dash docsets from Javadoc (or any HTML)

This project is based off of https://github.com/Kapeli/javadocset. This is a Java-based solution so that Dash docsets can be easily created from many environments, not just those that run OS X.

There are three ways to create Dash-compatible docsets from Javadoc, (or just about any other HTML documentation) using this project:

1. Use the Gradle plugin
2. Use the API
3. Use the CLI

Gradle plugin

Add the plugin to your project

Build script snippet for use in all Gradle versions:

buildscript {
  repositories {
    maven {
      url "https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/"
    }
  }
  dependencies {
    classpath "gradle.plugin.com.megatome.doc2dash:d2d-gradle:2.0.0"
  }
}

apply plugin: "com.megatome.doc2dash"

Build script snippet for new, incubating, plugin mechanism introduced in Gradle 2.1:

plugins {
  id "com.megatome.doc2dash" version "2.0.0"
}

Specify settings

doc2dash {
  displayName = "My Cool Project"
}

If no settings are provided, the plugin tries to use sensible defaults.

Setting Name	Type	Description	Default
docsetName	String	File name of the created docset	project.name
docRoot	File	Location of the documentation files	${project.docsDir}/javadoc
outputLocation	File	Location to create the docset	${project.buildDir}
displayName	String	Name displayed in Dash	project.name
keyword	String	Keyword used for the docset in Dash	project.name
iconFile	File	File to be used as the docset icon	null
docTask	String	Name of the task that the doc2dash task will depend on	javadoc
type	String	'javadoc' or 'jsdoc'	javadoc
implementation	DocSetParserInterface	A custom implementation of the interface	instance of JavadocSupport

Some Caveats:

• The iconFile should be a 32x32 PNG file, but the plugin does not verify this.
• You should only need to set the docTask property when the task you use to create Javadoc is non-standard. For example, there may be a task called allJavadoc in a multi-module project to create an aggregated Javadoc. In this instance, docTask should be set to allJavadoc to ensure that the correct documentation is built before creating the docset.
• This plugin applies the java plugin to the project it's run under. This means that in a multi-module project, a top level task named javadoc cannot be created to aggregate the subprojects' documentation. The java plugin creates a javadoc task, so a different name is required - perhaps allJavadoc.

Create the docset

Create the docset with the doc2dash task.

Example

apply plugin: 'java'

sourceCompatibility = 1.8
version = '1.0'

buildscript {
  repositories {
    maven {
      url "https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/"
    }
  }
  dependencies {
    classpath "gradle.plugin.com.megatome.doc2dash:d2d-gradle:2.0.0"
  }
}

apply plugin: "com.megatome.doc2dash"

doc2dash {
  docsetName = "MyProject"
  displayName = "My Awesome Project"
  keyword = "mp"
}

Creating the docset feed

If you want to host your own docsets, you need to create a feed per the Dash instructions.

Creating feeds uses the doc2dashfeed task.

doc2dashfeed {
  feedLocations = [ "http://someserver.com/feeds", "http://someotherserver.com/feeds" ]
}

If no settings are provided, the plugin tries to use sensible defaults.

Setting Name	Type	Description	Default
feedName	String	File name to use for feed XML file	project.name
feedVersion	String	Version to use in feed XML file	project.version
feedLocations	List<String>	List of root URLs for hosting the docset	null

Example

apply plugin: 'java'

sourceCompatibility = 1.8
version = '1.0'

buildscript {
  repositories {
    maven {
      url "https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/"
    }
  }
  dependencies {
    classpath "gradle.plugin.com.megatome.doc2dash:d2d-gradle:2.0.0"
  }
}

apply plugin: "com.megatome.doc2dash"

doc2dash {
  docsetName = "MyProject"
  displayName = "My Awesome Project"
  keyword = "mp"
}

doc2dashfeed {
  feedName = "myproject"
  feedLocations = [ "http://someserver.com/feeds", "http://someotherserver.com/feeds" ]
}

This will generate a feed directory in the doc2dash.outputLocation directory. This directory will contain an XML file describing the feed (named myproject.xml in this case), and a compressed version of the docset (named myproject.tgz in this case).

For this example, the XML file will look like this:

<entry>
  <version>1.0</version>
  <url>http://someserver.com/feeds/myproject.tgz</url>
  <url>http://someotherserver.com/feeds/myproject.tgz</url>
</entry>

The XML file should be copied to a location where it can be shared with Dash users, and the tgz file copied to the locations specified in feedLocations.

Using the API

Add dependencies to your project

For Gradle:

repositories {
  jcenter()
}

dependencies {
  compile "com.megatome.javadoc2dash:doc2dash-api:2.0.0"
}

For Maven:

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.megatome.doc2dash</groupId>
  <artifactId>doc2dash-api</artifactId>
  <version>2.0.0</version>
</dependency>

Use the API

DocsetCreator.Builder builder = new DocsetCreator.Builder(docsetName, docLocation);
// Optionally -
builder.displayName("Some Name").keyword("keyword");
DocsetCreator creator = builder.build();

try {
  creator.makeDocset();
} catch (BuilderException e) {
  // Something failed!
}

Using the CLI

Download the CLI

Clone the project or grab the latest release. Running the utility will vary a bit depending on how you retrieve the project.

Running in a cloned repository

Running the CLI directly from a Gradle task is not currently supported. A distribution must be created via gradlew :d2d-cli:distZip to create a zip file containing everything needed to run.

Running a release zip

• Either download a release or create a distribution zip as outlined above.
• Unzip the archive to a desired location.
• Open a terminal or command prompt and navigate to the unzipped directory.
• Navigate to the bin directory and run ./d2d-cli (for *NIX/OSX) or d2d-cli.bat (for Windows environments).
• You should see a usage message.

Creating a docset

Docset creation requires at minimum two options: the name of the docset and the location of the Javadoc files to include in the docset.

./d2d-cli --name Sample --doc /some/path/to/apidoc

This will create a docset named Sample in the current directory. Docset creation can be customized with optional arguments:

• --displayName: Will set the name as shown in Dash. This is handy if you create a docset with name SampleProject but display name Sample Project instead.
  • This setting will default to the value of --name if omitted.
• --keyword: Will set the keyword used to search in Dash. You could set the keyword for SampleProject to sp, for example.
  • This setting will default to the value of --name if omitted.
• --icon: Specify an icon to be used for the docset. Should be a 32x32 PNG, but this tool does not verify the file's content.
  • No icon will be used if this is omitted.
• --out: Specify a directory to create the docset in.
  • The docset will be created in the current directory if omitted.
• --type: Specify the type of the documentation
  • Values: 'javadoc' (default) or 'jsdoc'

Examples

Bare minimum: d2d-cli --name Sample --doc /path/to/apidoc

Full options: d2d-cli --name Sample --doc /path/to/apidoc --displayName "Awesome Sample API" --keyword asa --iconFile /path/to/icon.png --out /path/to/output

Abbreviated options. Most command-line options can be abbreviated. d2d-cli -n Sample --doc /path/to/apidoc --displayName "Awesome Sample API" -k asa -i /path/to/icon.png -o /path/to/output

Custom HTML to DashDocset generation

The plugin supports the implementation of a custom Dash Docset where the search properties can be generated at will. The default JavaDoc DashDocset is basically a specific implementation. To create a custom docset out of any HTML you need to implement the DocSetParserInterface and the MatchTypeInterface.

The plugin also supports JSDoc3 as a first class citizen.

An example for JSDoc3 can be found at https://github.com/i-net-software/jsdoc-dash-docset