Is it possible do create Java classes from JavaDoc

Question

Here is the problem: Currently my team work for a vendor, that provided us a huge JavaDoc spec from their library, but did not provide the .jar file with stubs or implementation.

We already talked to them, but they will provide the .jar files only in 2 to 3 weeks from now. I would not like to wait this time to start our development, so here's the question:

Given JavaDoc .html files only, are there any tools (free / open source) available so we could create a .jar (or a bunch of .java/.class files) that would enable us to compile our code?

Answer 1

codavaj claims to support Java 6 including generics.

http://codavaj.sourceforge.net/

I have not yet tested it.

Answer 2

doc2java seems to do exactly what you want.