Javadoc plugin doesn't set dependencies correctly when pom uses classifiers ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Key: MJAVADOC-279 URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MJAVADOC-279 Project: Maven 2.x Javadoc Plugin Issue Type: Bug Affects Versions: 2.6.1 Environment: Maven 2.2.1, Windows XP Reporter: James Nichols Create a project which has dependencies like: <dependencies> <dependency> <groupId>com.xxx</groupId> <artifactId>mydep</artifactId> <version>1.3.1</version> <classifier>core</classifier> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>com.xxx</groupId> <artifactId>mydep</artifactId> <version>1.3.1</version> <classifier>util</classifier> </dependency> </dependencies> This will add dependencies to the javadoc options file something like this: classpath 'C:/dev/target/classes;c:/repository/com/xxx/mydep/1.3.1/mydep-1.3.1-core.jar;c:/repository/com/xxx/mydep/1.3.1/mydep-1.3.1-core.jar' where it should yield: classpath 'C:/dev/target/classes;c:/repository/com/xxx/mydep/1.3.1/mydep-1.3.1-core.jar;c:/repository/com/xxx/mydep/1.3.1/mydep-1.3.1-util.jar' i.e. the classifier for the artifacts is being ignored. This causes various dependencies to be missing from the javadoc task which will eventually fail with: java.lang.NullPointerException at com.sun.tools.javadoc.TypeMaker.getType(TypeMaker.java:67) at com.sun.tools.javadoc.TypeMaker.getType(TypeMaker.java:29) at com.sun.tools.javadoc.ClassDocImpl.superclassType(ClassDocImpl.java:441) at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.util.Util.getAllInterfaces(Util.java:386) at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.util.Util.getAllInterfaces(Util.java:424) at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.util.ClassTree.processType(ClassTree.java:162) at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.util.ClassTree.buildTree(ClassTree.java:114) at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.util.ClassTree.<init>(ClassTree.java:73) at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.AbstractDoclet.startGeneration(AbstractDoclet.java:104) at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.AbstractDoclet.start(AbstractDoclet.java:64) at com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.html.HtmlDoclet.start(HtmlDoclet.java:42) at com.sun.tools.doclets.standard.Standard.start(Standard.java:23) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) at com.sun.tools.javadoc.DocletInvoker.invoke(DocletInvoker.java:215) at com.sun.tools.javadoc.DocletInvoker.start(DocletInvoker.java:91) at com.sun.tools.javadoc.Start.parseAndExecute(Start.java:340) at com.sun.tools.javadoc.Start.begin(Start.java:128) at com.sun.tools.javadoc.Main.execute(Main.java:41) at com.sun.tools.javadoc.Main.main(Main.java:31) -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira