Apache Maven JavaDoc Plugin Version 3.0.1 Released

The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Maven JavaDoc Plugin, version 3.0.1.

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>3.0.1</version>
5</plugin>

You can download the appropriate sources etc. from the download page:

https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-javadoc-plugin/download.cgi

Release Notes - Apache Maven JavaDoc Plugin - Version 3.0.1

Bugs:

• MJAVADOC-427 - "Error fetching URL" for valid non-Java API links
• MJAVADOC-504 - NullPointerException in JavadocUtil.getJavaHome() when JAVA_HOME isn't set
• MJAVADOC-512 - Even when 1.8.0 matches there still is a warning.
• MJAVADOC-517 - NPE under Java 10 RC

Improvements:

• MJAVADOC-487 - Follow redirects
• MJAVADOC-508 - Option to fail in case of javadoc warning

Dependency upgrades:

• MJAVADOC-515 - Upgrade parent to 31
• MJAVADOC-520 - Upgrade plexus-utils/qdox/plexus-archiver/
• MJAVADOC-521 - Add documentation information for GitHub

Enjoy,

-The Apache Maven team