maven-javadoc-plugin

How do I make javadoc inheritance work for external APIs? (with Maven2)

When a class overrides a concrete method or implements and abstract method, the Javadoc is automatically inherited unless explicitly overwritten. Or, at least the tool tries to do this. It seems it does not work for linked external APIs. For instance, when I in my code implement java.util.Map, or something else from the JRE, the javadoc...

How do I avoid specifying the defaulAuthor element during javadoc creation

How do I avoid specifying the defaulAuthor element during javadoc creation using the javadoc plugin. I don't want the author element, since the javadocs will be shipped to customers. ...

Understanding Java as a Delphi programmer

I have a database I have created in Delphi that’s still in the testing phase I found it easy to give access to my database through Java in the form of a *.dll but this is not just a standard database (its very cutting edge with Nodes). It’s taken me a lot of learning to get to this point. I very much appreciate the help and thanks of thi...

Why doesn't maven honor excluded dependency sources?

I've got a pom hierarchy where near the top level I have defined the maven-javadoc-plugin with an execution of javadoc-jar-sources. I've set includeDependencySources = true and then defined a whole bunch of dependencySourceExclude values (e.g. <dependencySourceExclude>apache-oro:*</dependencySourceExclude> <dependencySourceExclude>log4j...