i was running this thru maven-javadoc-plugin but saw IllegalArgumentException
so I am now attempting to produce Javadoc here is command: /woden/woden-dist/target/DISTRO~1/WODEN-~1.0M1>javadoc.exe -d "/woden/WODEN-~3/target/DISTRO~1/WODEN-~1.0M1/html" -sourcepath "/woden/WODEN-~3/target/DISTRO~1/WODEN-~1.0M1" org.apache.woden.xpointer Loading source files for package org.apache.woden.xpointer... Constructing Javadoc information... Standard Doclet version 1.8.0_40 Building tree for all the packages and classes... Generating /woden/WODEN-~3/target/DISTRO~1/WODEN-~1.0M1/html/org/apac he/woden/xpointer/ElementPointerPart.html... java.lang.IllegalArgumentException at sun.net.www.ParseUtil.decode(Unknown Source) at sun.misc.URLClassPath$FileLoader.<init>(Unknown Source) at sun.misc.URLClassPath$3.run(Unknown Source) at sun.misc.URLClassPath$3.run(Unknown Source) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at sun.misc.URLClassPath.getLoader(Unknown Source) at sun.misc.URLClassPath.getLoader(Unknown Source) at sun.misc.URLClassPath.getNextLoader(Unknown Source) at sun.misc.URLClassPath.access$100(Unknown Source) at sun.misc.URLClassPath$1.next(Unknown Source) at sun.misc.URLClassPath$1.hasMoreElements(Unknown Source) at java.net.URLClassLoader$3$1.run(Unknown Source) at java.net.URLClassLoader$3$1.run(Unknown Source) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at java.net.URLClassLoader$3.next(Unknown Source) at java.net.URLClassLoader$3.hasMoreElements(Unknown Source) at sun.misc.CompoundEnumeration.next(Unknown Source) at sun.misc.CompoundEnumeration.hasMoreElements(Unknown Source) at java.util.ServiceLoader$LazyIterator.hasNextService(Unknown Source) at java.util.ServiceLoader$LazyIterator.hasNext(Unknown Source) at java.util.ServiceLoader$1.hasNext(Unknown Source) at javax.xml.parsers.FactoryFinder$1.run(Unknown Source) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at javax.xml.parsers.FactoryFinder.findServiceProvider(Unknown Source) at javax.xml.parsers.FactoryFinder.find(Unknown Source) at javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory.newInstance(Unknown Source) at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.LayoutParser.parseXML (LayoutParser.java:89) at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.ClassBuilder.build(Cl assBuilder.java:120) at com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.html.HtmlDoclet.generateClassFiles(Html Doclet.java:189) at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.AbstractDoclet.generateClassFi les(AbstractDoclet.java:192) at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.AbstractDoclet.startGeneration (AbstractDoclet.java:137) at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.AbstractDoclet.start(AbstractD oclet.java:82) at com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.html.HtmlDoclet.start(HtmlDoclet.java:8 0) at com.sun.tools.doclets.standard.Standard.start(Standard.java:39) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) at com.sun.tools.javadoc.DocletInvoker.invoke(DocletInvoker.java:310) at com.sun.tools.javadoc.DocletInvoker.start(DocletInvoker.java:189) at com.sun.tools.javadoc.Start.parseAndExecute(Start.java:366) at com.sun.tools.javadoc.Start.begin(Start.java:219) at com.sun.tools.javadoc.Start.begin(Start.java:205) at com.sun.tools.javadoc.Main.execute(Main.java:64) at com.sun.tools.javadoc.Main.main(Main.java:54) javadoc: error - java.lang.IllegalArgumentException 1 error if i had to guess i would say sourcepath is an invalid URL but the usage for Javadoc doesnt say sourcepath is URL i find no help with Javadoc/javadoc where "javadoc working examples" page produce 404's http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/documentation/index-137483.html#findjavadoc Javadoc FAQ - Oracle<http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/documentation/index-137483.html#findjavadoc> www.oracle.com Javadoc Tool Home Page has links to all documentation and related information on the Javadoc tool, including proposed Javadoc tags. A2. Any advice to solve this error? Martin ______________________________________________