PHP Manual -> Java Manual?

The PHP Manual is the ultimate guide for coding in PHP... It has everything in it, and a simple click on search will find anything.

Recently, i focussed on Java a bit, cause i wanted to be able to use motion graphics.
So there i was, starting my first real java code (got some books, so i know the basic structure of java), when i realise i don't know anything about the available functions java comes with...

For instance, i wanted to know if there was something in Java, similar to 'explode()' in PHP. I know there is, but what is its name and what are the specifications?
This is where i need some big Java Manual which contains everything like the PHP Manual does...

Now my question is: Is there anything like such a Java Manual? And if not, in what way should someone get hold of info about java functions?

You can get an HTML version of the Java documentation written with Javadoc on the Sun website. It won't have user comments, but it will be a complete listing of all the classes, etc.

The thing to remember is that Javadoc is an API document, so it tells you what the classes/methods do but not a ton of other information.

As an aside, the Javadoc API comment style is so good that it has been ported to PHP in various implementations (phpdoc being the most famous I think). It is the documenting standard used in the PEAR repository.

Cheers,
Keith.