Feedback on improved Javadoc search

[Hannes Wallnöfer]

Hi all,

I’m looking for feedback on the Javadoc search feature which I’ve been trying to improve. 

A prototype is available for testing here:

   http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~hannesw/8178982/api.03/

A short list of things that are changed compared to the current implementation:

  - Match against word boundaries instead of anywhere in a name, e.g. `in` will match `invoke` but not `print`

  - Allow search to go all the way from package name to member name

  - Allow partial/camel case style matches anywhere, e.g. `j.l.Obj.e` will match `java.lang.Object.equals(Object)`

  - Try to provide better ranking of results and suppress peripheral matches

I’m interested in feedback of any kind: how it works for you, whether or not it supports your search habits, and whether the results are what you expect them to be.

Thanks,
Hannes