title: What is the best way to attach javadoc to my SpringBoot application in STS?
body: <p>Using Spring Boot in my application:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;parent&gt;
      &lt;groupId&gt;org.springframework.boot&lt;/groupId&gt;
      &lt;artifactId&gt;spring-boot-starter-parent&lt;/artifactId&gt;
      &lt;version&gt;1.5.2.RELEASE&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;relativePath/&gt; &lt;!-- lookup parent from repository --&gt;
  &lt;/parent&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>It appears that javadoc is not bundled with these libraries (this maven was auto-generated by Spring Tool Suite upon creating a Spring Boot project) and I tried it adding it manually. This creates a couple of issues:</p>
  
  <p>1) There are a lot of Spring libraries in the typical project: spring-boot-starter-aop, spring-boot-1.5.2.RELEASE, etc, and adding the javadoc location 1-by-1 would be tedious.</p>
  
  <p>2) Even when I try adding the java at <a href="https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/api/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/api/</a> I find that I get an error parsing this URL: "<em>unknown javadoc format for SpringApplication...</em>"</p>
  
  <p>Is there an easier way to get Spring Javadoc in my STS environment?</p>