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I just started a new job and we have a pretty massive code base that I’m trying to become familiar with. Even the best JavaDocs are no substitute to the source. So if you would like the ability to almost instantly find all the files containing references to MyRidiculousClass or implementing StupidInterface…

• Install Google Desktop.
• Install the Google Desktop Java plugin which forces it to index .java and .jav files.
• Install TweakGDS which allows you to modify the Google Desktop Search options. In my case I explicitly listed certain directories with all the source, and made sure to leave out things like the Websphere installation directory and so forth.
• Last step is use TweakGDS to flush out the GDS cache and manually kick off indexing of your favorite source code. Now if you enabled the GDS hotkeys, a simple quick ctrl-ctrl double click and type StupidInterface and well, you’ve found it all!