Browsing

VisualAge for Java gives you extensive facilities for browsing program elements.

In the IDE, you browse a program element by opening it. There are many ways to open a program element in VisualAge for Java, but for now here are two simple methods:

When you open a program element, a window appears that displays information about this program element. The following sections describe in more detail the windows that appear when you open each kind of program element.

Browsing a project

When you open a project, you get a window with five pages:
Packages page of open project

Browsing a package

When you open a package, you get a window with four pages:
Classes page of open package

Browsing a class

When you open a class, you get a window with the five pages:
Methods page of class browser

Browsing an interface

When you open an interface, you get a window with two pages:
Methods page of the interface browser

Browsing a method

When you open a method, you get a window with two pages:
Source page of an open method