How to open Javadoc JAR file in web browser
- Rename the file hive-shims-common-4.0.0-beta-1-javadoc.jar to hive-shims-common-4.0.0-beta-1-javadoc.zip
- Use your favourite unzip tool (WinRAR / WinZIP) to extract it, now you have a folder hive-shims-common-4.0.0-beta-1-javadoc
- Double click index.html will open the index page on your default web browser.
How to generate Javadoc from a source JAR?
Running the command javadoc:
javadoc --ignore-source-errors -encoding UTF-8 -sourcepath "hive-shims-common-4.0.0-beta-1-sources.jar" -d "hive-shims-common-4.0.0-beta-1-javadoc" -subpackages 
