To exclude specific packages, use <excludePackageNames/> parameter as shown below. The parameter accepts wildcard (*) characters in its value but the wildcards should either be at the start or the end of the package name. If more than one package is to be excluded, each package name must be separated either with a colon (':'), a comma (',') or a semicolon (';'). (similar to the Javadoc Tool)
For instance, with the following packages:
com.mycompany.myapp com.mycompany.myapp.package1 com.mycompany.myapp.package1.subpackage1 com.mycompany.myapp.package1.subpackage2 com.mycompany.myapp.package1.subpackage3 com.mycompany.myapp.package1.util com.mycompany.myapp.package2 com.mycompany.myapp.package2.subpackage4 com.mycompany.myapp.package2.subpackage5 com.mycompany.myapp.package2.util com.mycompany.myapp.package3 com.mycompany.myapp.package3.subpackage6 com.mycompany.myapp.package3.subpackage6.subsubpackage1 com.mycompany.myapp.package3.subpackage6.subsubpackage2 com.mycompany.myapp.package3.subpackage7 com.mycompany.myapp.package3.util
You could have the following configuration:
<project>
...
<reporting> (or <build>)
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.9.1</version>
<configuration>
<!--
Exclude packages:
com.mycompany.myapp.package1.subpackage1
com.mycompany.myapp.package1.subpackage2
com.mycompany.myapp.package1.subpackage3
com.mycompany.myapp.package1.util
com.mycompany.myapp.package2
com.mycompany.myapp.package2.subpackage4
com.mycompany.myapp.package2.subpackage5
com.mycompany.myapp.package2.util
com.mycompany.myapp.package3.util
BUT include the packages:
com.mycompany.myapp
com.mycompany.myapp.package1
com.mycompany.myapp.package3
com.mycompany.myapp.package3.subpackage6
com.mycompany.myapp.package3.subpackage6.subsubpackage1
com.mycompany.myapp.package3.subpackage6.subsubpackage2
com.mycompany.myapp.package3.subpackage7
-->
<excludePackageNames>com.mycompany.myapp.package1.*:com.mycompany.myapp.package2:*.util.*</excludePackageNames>
...
</configuration>
</plugin>
...
</plugins>
...
</reporting> (or <build>)
...
</project>