How to write javadoc links?

My answer is very much provided by Eddie, but his exact code doesn’t work for me (or at least when using the version of javadoc that comes with Java 1.6)

If I do:

    javadoc -linkoffline http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/ 
                         http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/package-list
            -public FileName.java

then javadoc complains:

    javadoc: warning - Error fetching URL: 
    http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/package-list/package-list

If, on the other hand, I do:

    javadoc -linkoffline http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/ 
                         http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/ 
            -public FileName.java

Then it works, and my links are populated as I want them to be.

Additionally, my link isn’t malformed. The text {@link java.lang.Math#sqrt(double) Math.sqrt} produces the link text Math.sqrt instead of the default Math.sqrt(double).

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