If the search does not contain any periods (.), the search will be a case
insensitive search for class names starting with the search term
ie. To search for java.lang.String
you could enter str
.
If the search contains periods, the search is performed for classes with the
fully qualified class name starting with the search term. To use the above example,
"java.lang.Str"
would only return classes in the java.lang
package starting
with Str
.
You can also add other operators to change the search type.
"string;"
will
return java.lang.String
but not java.lang.StringBuffer
"*iterator"
will return all the different types of Iterator.
"*.util.*"
gets
you all the classes in a util package.
The search system also keeps track of the pages you have viewed recently and will return
these at the top of the list. The first time you search for java.lang.String
you
might have to type the whole name but the next time a search for "s"
will return
your result at the top of the list. This works well with framed mode as the first result
will be displayed automatically.