To set a grouping for different packages, use the <groups/> parameter as shown below. Each group will be consist of a <title/> and a <packages/> (as String). The <packages/> element supports wildcard (*) to allow subpackages. If more than one package is to be included, each package name must be separated colon (:) separated (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
You could have the following configuration:
<project>
...
<reporting> (or <build>)
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.7</version>
<configuration>
<groups>
<group>
<title>Example 1 - Group Packages</title>
<!--
Include packages:
com.mycompany.myapp
com.mycompany.myapp.package1
BUT exclude all subpackages
-->
<packages>com.mycompany.myapp:com.mycompany.myapp.package1</packages>
</group>
<group>
<title>Example 2 - Group Packages</title>
<!--
Include packages:
com.mycompany.myapp.package1.subpackage1
com.mycompany.myapp.package1.subpackage2
com.mycompany.myapp.package1.subpackage3
com.mycompany.myapp.package1.util
BUT exclude the root package:
com.mycompany.myapp.package1
-->
<packages>com.mycompany.myapp.package1.*</packages>
</group>
<group>
<title>Example 3 - Group Packages</title>
<!--
Include packages:
com.mycompany.myapp.package1
com.mycompany.myapp.package1.subpackage1
com.mycompany.myapp.package1.subpackage2
com.mycompany.myapp.package1.subpackage3
com.mycompany.myapp.package1.util
-->
<packages>com.mycompany.myapp.package1*</packages>
</group>
<group>
<title>Example 4 - Group Packages</title>
<!--
Include packages:
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
-->
<packages>com.mycompany.myapp.package*</packages>
</group>
<group>
<title>Example 5 - Group Packages</title>
<!--
Include 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.subpackage4
com.mycompany.myapp.package2.subpackage5
com.mycompany.myapp.package2.util
BUT exclude the root packages:
com.mycompany.myapp.package1
com.mycompany.myapp.package2
-->
<packages>com.mycompany.myapp.package1.*:com.mycompany.myapp.package2.*</packages>
</group>
<group>
<title>Example 6 - Group Packages</title>
<!--
Include nothing.
The packages com.mycompany.myapp.package1.util and com.mycompany.myapp.package2.util
will be in "Other Packages" group
-->
<packages>*.util.*</packages>
</group>
</groups>
...
</configuration>
</plugin>
...
</plugins>
...
</reporting> (or </build>)
...
</project>