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 Usage
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 Vincent Siveton
 Maria Odea Ching
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 2008-07-31
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Usage

 The Javadoc Plugin generates javadocs using the Javadoc tool. The following examples describe the basic usage of the
 Plugin.

* Generate Javadocs As Part Of Project Reports

 To generate javadocs as part of the site generation, you must configure the following in the \<reporting\> section of your pom:

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<project>
  ...
  <reporting>
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
      </plugin>
    </plugins>
    ...
  </reporting>
  ...
</project>
+-----+

 When you execute <<<mvn site>>>, the javadocs will be generated and included in the generated site. A link to the javadocs
 will be added in the Project Reports menu.

* Generate Standalone Javadocs

 To generate standalone javadocs for the project, you can execute any of the following commands:

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mvn javadoc:javadoc
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 or

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mvn javadoc:jar
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 For <<<mvn javadoc:jar>>>, the javadocs are first generated and then packaged into a jar file.

* Javadoc Configuration

 The Javadoc Plugin supports a large number of configuration parameters. Each configuration parameter turns into
 a tag name.

 Please see the {{{./apidocs/org/apache/maven/plugin/javadoc/package-summary.html}Javadoc Package Summary}}
 for a listing of these parameters. Most of these parameters are passed directly to the Javadoc tool itself.