Comments on: Getting Java source on the Mac

By: Swati

Swati — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:34:32 +0000

Java 1.6 update 29 source code is available at location:
/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0_29-b11-402.jdk/Contents/Home/src.jar

By: Nate Waisbrot

Nate Waisbrot — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 18:51:52 +0000

Thanks for the link, KP. I was mistakenly looking at developer.apple.com instead of connect.apple.com and was frustrated to find this: https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Java/Conceptual/Java14Development/02-JavaDevTools/JavaDevTools.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40001884-206988-TPXREF138

Which is the “Java Development Guide for Mac OS X” and which (falsely) claims “Sun’s Java SE 6 API documentation is available in /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Home/docs.jar. Documentation for Apple’s Java extensions is available in appledocs.jar in the same directory.” What a pain for something that should be so easy!

By: KP

KP — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 16:09:40 +0000

Wow, it took me forever to find it on the Apple site. You wanna look for the Java Developer Package, and the link is http://connect.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/MemberSite.woa/wo/5.1.17.2.1.3.3.1.0.1.1.0.3.9.3.3.1

By: Mike Hazelwood

Mike Hazelwood — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 16:08:17 +0000

The src.jar file has been moved to /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0_22-b04-307.jdk/Contents/Home/src.jar in the latest package.

By: Michael Vorburger

Michael Vorburger — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 20:01:22 +0000

It’s now called “Java Developer Package for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 3 (Disk Image)” and has 139.4 MB; also found e.g. here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4801603/javadeveloper_10.6_10m3261.dmg