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Usage

Note: This plugin is retired. It is no longer maintained.

This document is intended to provide instructions for using the Maven DOCCK Plugin. In order for this discussion to be useful, it's critical to cover two topics: Configuring your project's pom.xml to run the plugin during every build and using the plugin from the command-line.

Configuring the plugin in pom.xml

You can use the following configuration in your pom.xml to run the DOCCK Plugin everytime the project is built.

<project>
  ...
  <build>
    <plugins>
      ...
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-docck-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>1.2</version>
        <executions>
          <execution>
            <goals>
              <goal>check</goal>
            </goals>
          </execution>
        </executions>
      </plugin>
      ...
    </plugins>
  </build>
  ...
</project>

Using the plugin from the command-line

The DOCCK Plugin is easily executed from the command line since it can run without any parameter configuration.

To run the DOCCK Plugin on a project, type:

mvn docck:check

Sample Output

Run with no documentation errors

[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO] Searching repository for plugin with prefix: 'docck'.
[INFO] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Building Mojo Project
[INFO]    task-segment: [docck:check] (aggregator-style)
[INFO] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] [docck:check]
[INFO] Checking project: Mojo Project
[INFO] Using 2 extractors.
[INFO] Applying extractor for language: java
[INFO] Extractor for language: java found 1 mojo descriptors.
[INFO] Applying extractor for language: bsh
[INFO] Extractor for language: bsh found 0 mojo descriptors.
[INFO] No documentation errors were found.
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD SUCCESSFUL
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 3 seconds
[INFO] Finished at: Mon Jun 19 16:06:25 CST 2006
[INFO] Final Memory: 3M/7M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Run with documentation errors

[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO] Searching repository for plugin with prefix: 'docck'.
[INFO] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Building Mojo Project
[INFO]    task-segment: [docck:check] (aggregator-style)
[INFO] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] [docck:check]
[INFO] Checking project: Mojo Project
[INFO] Using 2 extractors.
[INFO] Applying extractor for language: java
[INFO] Extractor for language: java found 1 mojo descriptors.
[INFO] Applying extractor for language: bsh
[INFO] Extractor for language: bsh found 0 mojo descriptors.
[ERROR] The following documentation problems were found:

o Maven Documentation Checker Plugin (3 errors)
  [ERROR] There is no 'index' file in your site directory (in apt|html|xml[.vm] format).
  [ERROR] There are no example files in your site directory (in apt|html|xml[.vm] format). They should either be called 'example*.(apt|html|xml)[.vm]' or they should be located in the 'examples' directory.
  [ERROR] Parameter: 'mojoParameter' in mojo: 'check' is missing a description.

[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Documentation problems were found. Please see the console output above for more information.
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] For more information, run Maven with the -e switch
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 3 seconds
[INFO] Finished at: Mon Jun 19 15:54:58 CST 2006
[INFO] Final Memory: 3M/7M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------