Not able to run a simple doclet program : package com.sun.javadoc does not exist

Question

I am trying to run a simple doclet program, but I am not able to compile it.

javac -cp /cygdrive/c/Progra~2/Java/jdk1.8.0_65/lib/tools.jar  A.java

But it throws

A.java:1: error: package com.sun.javadoc does not exist import com.sun.javadoc.ClassDoc;

Where A.java is

import com.sun.javadoc.ClassDoc;
public class A {
}

I referred it from

I know that I am doing a simple mistake but I ma not able to figure it out. Can anyone please point me out what am I doing wrong

Did you able to solve this problem ? – prime Dec 25 '17 at 12:15 — prime, Dec 25 '17 at 12:15
@prime I was able to run but I forgot how I did that – nantitv Jan 01 '18 at 15:04 — nantitv, Jan 01 '18 at 15:04

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 25 '16 at 11:57

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You need to add Tools.jar to the project path. It is not included in the standard installation.

Can I ask why you need com.sun.javadoc? It is in most cases discouraged to use com.sun overall.

answered Nov 25 '16 at 11:57

Alex Karlsson

I was following the examples in http://download.java.net/jdk7u2/docs/technotes/guides/javadoc/doclet/overview.html – nantitv Nov 25 '16 at 11:58
Is not adding -cp JDKPATH/libs/tools.jar not enough? – nantitv Nov 25 '16 at 11:58
Im not great at using terminals. But isnt cp the copy command? If you want to add the classpath i think it should be like this: javac -classpath JDKPATH/libs/tools.jar ClassName.java – Alex Karlsson Nov 25 '16 at 12:04
I recommend getting eclipse or intellij as it makes developing java code a lot simpler. – Alex Karlsson Nov 25 '16 at 12:05
-cp is the shortform of -classpath – nantitv Nov 25 '16 at 12:06

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