Can I add JavaDoc to a package easily with Eclipse?

In eclipse

Since package-info.java isn't a valid identifier for a class it cannot be created as a class in Eclipse.

I found that when you create a new package there is a check box to check if you want a package-info.java.

To create a package-info.java file in an existing package:

1. Right click on the package where you want a package-info.java.
2. Select new->package.
3. Check the Create package.info.java check box.
4. Click on Finish

Update 4 years later (Oct. 2013)

javabeangrinder's answer (upvoted) mentions the following trick:

To create a package-info.java file in an existing package:

• Right click on the package where you want a package-info.java.
• Select new->package.
• Check the Create package.info.java check box.
• Click on Finish

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Original answer (May 2009)

There is no template or wizard to easily create a package.html file.

As mmyers said in his comment, since Java1.5, the correct file to create would be package-info.java.
That file can be used not only for javadocs, but also for package-level annotations (as illustrated here).

There is an opened Bug (#86168) for demanding a wizard for the creation of package-info.java (since the class wizard does not allow the package-info name).

The reflections on that topic are on since... 2005! The problem is that any solution should be implemented in a way that it also helps with 1.4 code.

The current workaround is to create a package-info.java as a text file.
From that point forward, package-info.java behaves as a normal Java class, and Eclipse places a package-info.class file in the output folder.
The Javadocs are correctly built using package-info.java, and not the package.html file.

_{(source: developpez.com)}

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Note (in response to Strawberry's comment):

• bug 77451 (2004!, for package.html)
• bug 163633 and bug 163926 (2006, for package-info.java)

both wish a preview of the package overview in package-info.java in the Javadoc view.

So far, no patch has been proposed/implemented.
There is simply not enough demands for that feature to be added.