With the javadoc target in Apache Ant, is it possible to make all external links open in a new window

Question

The Apache Ant javadoc target allows a <link> attribute to link to external javadocs. I would like these javadocs to open in a new window (like target="_blank"), but the link attribute doesn't accept a <target> attribute that would allow me to do something like this. Is there some other way to do this apart from manually editing the links after they are generated?

Answer 1

The "bottom" element can be used in javadoc ant task. It injects html code into each files.

<javadoc .....>
    <!--
    .....
    -->
    <bottom>
    &lt;script&gt;
    for(var i in document.links) {
        var link = document.links[i];
        if (link.href.indexOf('http') === 0) { 
            link.target = '_blank';
        }
    }
    &lt;/script&gt;
    </bottom>
</javadoc>