Using Alternative Output Directory
To run the Javadocs reports in an other output directory, you need to configure Javadoc Plugin as follow:
<project> ... <reporting> <plugins> <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId> <version>3.10.1</version> <configuration> <reportOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/myoutput</reportOutputDirectory> ... </configuration> </plugin> ... </plugins> </reporting> ... </project>
Running mvn javadoc:javadoc
will output the Javadoc in the ${project.build.directory}/myoutput/apidocs
instead of the default directory, i.e. ${project.build.directory}/reports/apidocs
.
Note: Running mvn site
will automatically use the ${project.reporting.outputDirectory}
directory and in this case, <reportOutputDirectory />
has no effect.