We are pleased to announce the Maven XDoc Plugin 1.9 release! 

http://maven.apache.org/maven-1.x/plugins/xdoc/

Convert xdocs into HTML. 

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Changes in this version include:

  New Features:

o Added internationalization support. Fixes MPXDOC-128. Thanks to Vincent 
  Siveton. 
o Add a commentproperty for dependencies Fixes MPXDOC-129. Thanks to Miguel 
  Griffa. 
o Added maven.xdoc.copy.excludes property which lists the files to exclude 
  from the resources copy. This defaults to any images currently unused by 
  Maven. Additionally, if you are not using the classic theme, 
  maven.xdoc.copy.excludes.classic is used to eliminate images only for the 
  classic theme 
o Added new tag <escapeXml>. Fixes MPXDOC-118. 
o Maven xdoc plugin clean up generated velocity log as part of calling clean. 
  Fixes MPXDOC-124. Thanks to Shinobu Kawai. 
o New property (maven.xdoc.xml.copy) to copy only and not transform some xml 
  files provided in the ${maven.docs.src} directory. Fixes MPXDOC-123. 
o Added dt css style Fixes MPFAQ-11. 
o Add a legend for the symbols in the xdoc, disabled by setting 
  maven.xdoc.legend=false 
o Add a support for "hierarchical" site navigation in breadcrumbs 

  Fixed bugs:

o Fix cvs usage entry in "project Info" menu. Add it if the repository 
  element is defined in the pom (and not if the URL of the repository is 
  defined). 
o NullPointerException with optionals pom items missing. Fixes MPXDOC-136. 
  Thanks to Vincent Siveton. 
o A link starting with https wasn't considered as an external link. Fixes 
  MPXDOC-132. Thanks to Ignacio G. Mac Dowell. 
o Show version if maven.xdoc.date=right Fixes MPXDOC-117. Thanks to Dennis 
  Lundberg. 
o Allow header images and links to use relative paths Fixes MPXDOC-115. 
  Thanks to Brent Worden. 

  Changes:

o Make compatible with Maven 1.1  

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

maven plugin:download
  -Dmaven.repo.remote=http://people.apache.org/repo/m1-snapshot-repository/,http://repo1.maven.org/maven
  -DgroupId=maven
  -DartifactId=maven-xdoc-plugin
  -Dversion=1.9

For a manual installation, you can download the plugin here:
http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/java-repository/maven/plugins/maven-xdoc-plugin-1.9.jar


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Issues, bugs, and feature requests for Maven XDoc Plugin
should be submitted to the following issue tracking system:

http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MPXDOC


Have fun!
-The Maven XDoc Plugin development team