RFE: Latest JavaDocs available at constant URL (Please vote!)

Question

Can you vote for the RFE (Request For Enhancement): Latest JavaDocs available at constant URL? It is now visible in the Bug DB with 2 votes. Can you be the 3rd, 4th (17th..) vote?
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<li><b>Bug ID:</b> 7090875
<li><b>Type:</b> RFE
<li><b>Product Category:</b> Java Platform Standard Edition (JDK/JRE)
<li><b>Subcategory:</b> JDK/JRE documentation, API, tutorials (doc)
<li><b>Release:</b> Java Platform Standard Edition 7
<li><b>Operating System:</b> Windows 7 32-Bit
<li><b>Synopsis:</b> Latest JavaDocs available at constant URL
<li><b>Documentation URL:</b> http://download.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/
<li><b>Severity:</b> Difficult to make even minimal progress without resolving this bug.
<li><b>Submitted:</b> 18:10 AEST 15 Sep. 2011
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<h2>Description</h2>
URLs to the API docs are commonly linked from technical sites and forums. Most commonly it is advantageous to link to the latest version of the documentation.
Right now the latest version of the J2SE API docs might be available at:
http://download.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/
But as time goes on, it will become..
http://download.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/
As an alternative, have the latest docs available via..
http://download.oracle.com/javase/docs/api/
Redirect to whatever version of the JavaDocs is considered 'the latest' at that moment in time. A good time to do that would be the moment the JRE ships to end users, though other times are also valid.
This has a number of advantages:
<ol>
<li>Provides a single URL for linking that will not become stale. If a class or method was recommended 5 years ago, but has now been deprecated, the end user of the information will become warned of that (and presumably, the replacement).
<li>It would allow search engines to optimize for the latest docs. At the moment if you were to search on <tt>JFrame</tt> in Google, the top hit would be to the 1.4.2 docs, then 6, then 5. It is necessary to add '7' to the class name in order to return a hit to the version 7 docs.
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<h2>Expected</h2>
http://download.oracle.com/javase/docs/api/javax/swing/JFrame.html
This URL should lead to the latest JavaDocs for <tt>JFrame</tt>.
<h2>Actual</h2>
<tt>404</tt> 'Not Found' error code.

Answer 1

JoachimSauer wrote:
From a quick glance it seems like a list of vulnerabilities fixed in the latest Java releases.
Just make sure that you've got the latest version of any Java Runtime Environment that you have.
So if you've got Java 6, make sure it's Update 7.
If you've got Java 5, make sure it's Update 16.
You should get the updates automatically, if you don't want to wait for that, just go to [http://www.java.com/] and follow the instructions.
If you've got any earlier versions, get rid of them ;-)Hi, thanks for replying,
I am trying to understand what I need to do. In the first link in the vulnerabiliity list, the link by sun, when go in there, speaks of uninstalling which brings me here:
http://java.com/en/download/help/uninstall_java.xml
Please note that the uninstall at that page does not include VISTA.
I have Vista
Is there another link for uninstalling JAVA which works on Vista?
Thanks!
Edited by: rachael35 on Jul 10, 2008 11:20 AM