Toni Epple created MJAVADOC-697:
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Summary: Allowing to register alternative Javadoc implementation
Key: MJAVADOC-697
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MJAVADOC-697
Project: Maven Javadoc Plugin
Issue Type: New Feature
Components: jar
Affects Versions: 3.1.1
Reporter: Toni Epple
The Maven compiler plugin allows [different implementations of
compilers|https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-compiler-plugin/non-javac-compilers.html]
to plug in. One of the very useful ones is the [retrofit compiler for
Java|http://frgaal.org/] that allows one to use syntax of JDK-16 while running
on old JDKs.
The compiler works fine, however the problem comes when one wants to generate
Javadoc. Because the source code is using newer language constructs, classical
{{javadoc}} from old JDKs fails. One either has to generate the Javadoc on a
newest JDK (which beats the purpose of retrofit compiler) or give up on
Javadoc. Or...
Let's enhance the Maven Javadoc Plugin to support alternative implementations
of Javadoc, just like the Maven Compiler Plugin does with compilers!
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