Apache Maven JavaDoc Plugin Version 2.10 Released

The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Maven JavaDoc Plugin, Version 2.10.

The Javadoc Plugin uses the Javadoc tool to generate javadocs for the specified project.

1<plugin>
2  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
3  <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
4  <version>2.10</version>
5</plugin>

Release Notes - Apache Maven JavaDoc Version 2.10

Bugs:

  • MJAVADOC-351 - Javadoc:fix fixTags parameter doesn't support 'return' value
  • MJAVADOC-371 - Goals missing from overview page
  • MJAVADOC-372 - Index page should refer to Apache Maven for at least the first mention
  • MJAVADOC-386 - Documentation links to oracle web site are broken
  • MJAVADOC-394 - javadoc is not found properly by default under Oracle's JDK 7+ on Mac OSX
  • MJAVADOC-398 - Classes from build output directory can cause failure

Improvements:

  • MJAVADOC-376 - please add property 'maven.javadoc.classifier'
  • MJAVADOC-380 - Add Maven version used to Created-By entry in manifest
  • MJAVADOC-395 - Add JDK8 support to maven-javadoc-plugin
  • MJAVADOC-403 - MavenProject/MavenSession Injection as a parameter instead as a component.

New Feature:

  • MJAVADOC-369 - New goals javadoc-no-fork and test-javadoc-no-fork which will not invoke generate-*-sources

Enjoy,

-The Apache Maven team