We are pleased to announce the Maven Javadoc Plug-in 1.8-SNAPSHOT release! 

http://maven.apache.org/maven-1.x/reference/plugins/javadoc/


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Changes in this version include:

  New Features:

o Added maven.javadoc.failonerror property. Fixes MPJAVADOC-58. 
o Added maven.javadoc.header and maven.javadoc.footer properties. Fixes 
  MPJAVADOC-54. Thanks to Dag Sverre Seljebotn. 

  Fixed bugs:

o Files package.html and overview.html are not copied when source 
  modifications are used. Fixes MPJAVADOC-59.  

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To automatically install the plugin, type the following on a single line:

maven plugin:download
  -Dmaven.repo.remote=http://www.ibiblio.org/maven, http://cvs.apache.org/repository/
  -DgroupId=maven
  -DartifactId=maven-javadoc-plugin
  -Dversion=1.8-SNAPSHOT

For a manual installation, you can download the plugin here:
http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/java-repository/maven/plugins/maven-javadoc-plugin-1.8-SNAPSHOT.jar
 

Have fun!
-The Maven Javadoc Plug-in development team