Enthuware

It would be very handy to have web links to java docs for methods used in questions.

We do try to include links to articles that we think are good to read. Such links are useful because the user doesn't have to sift through multiple articles to find a good one.

JavaDoc links, on the other hand, are extremely easy to find. For example, if you just type getDateInstance in your browser, the first link on google is the JavaDoc API page. So there isn't much value addition in hard coding a link to that page.
HTH,
Paul.

Such, a counter intuitive thing done by java here,

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