Usage

This document is intended to provide instructions for using the Maven DOCCK Plugin. In order for this discussion to be useful, it's critical to cover two topics: Configuring your project's pom.xml to run the plugin during every build and using the plugin from the command-line.

Configuring the plugin in pom.xml

You can use the following configuration in your pom.xml to run the DOCCK Plugin everytime the project is built.

<project>
  ...
  <build>
    <plugins>
      ...
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-docck-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>1.1</version>
        <executions>
          <execution>
            <goals>
              <goal>check</goal>
            </goals>
          </execution>
        </executions>
      </plugin>
      ...
    </plugins>
  </build>
  ...
</project>

Using the plugin from the command-line

The DOCCK Plugin is easily executed from the command line since it can run without any parameter configuration.

To run the DOCCK Plugin on a project, type:

mvn docck:check

Sample Output

Run with no documentation errors

[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO] Searching repository for plugin with prefix: 'docck'.
[INFO] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Building Mojo Project
[INFO]    task-segment: [docck:check] (aggregator-style)
[INFO] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] [docck:check]
[INFO] Checking project: Mojo Project
[INFO] Using 2 extractors.
[INFO] Applying extractor for language: java
[INFO] Extractor for language: java found 1 mojo descriptors.
[INFO] Applying extractor for language: bsh
[INFO] Extractor for language: bsh found 0 mojo descriptors.
[INFO] No documentation errors were found.
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD SUCCESSFUL
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 3 seconds
[INFO] Finished at: Mon Jun 19 16:06:25 CST 2006
[INFO] Final Memory: 3M/7M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Run with documentation errors

[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO] Searching repository for plugin with prefix: 'docck'.
[INFO] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Building Mojo Project
[INFO]    task-segment: [docck:check] (aggregator-style)
[INFO] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] [docck:check]
[INFO] Checking project: Mojo Project
[INFO] Using 2 extractors.
[INFO] Applying extractor for language: java
[INFO] Extractor for language: java found 1 mojo descriptors.
[INFO] Applying extractor for language: bsh
[INFO] Extractor for language: bsh found 0 mojo descriptors.
[ERROR] The following documentation problems were found:

o Maven Documentation Checker Plugin (3 errors)
  [ERROR] There is no 'index' file in your site directory (in apt|html|xml[.vm] format).
  [ERROR] There are no example files in your site directory (in apt|html|xml[.vm] format). They should either be called 'example*.(apt|html|xml)[.vm]' or they should be located in the 'examples' directory.
  [ERROR] Parameter: 'mojoParameter' in mojo: 'check' is missing a description.

[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Documentation problems were found. Please see the console output above for more information.
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] For more information, run Maven with the -e switch
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 3 seconds
[INFO] Finished at: Mon Jun 19 15:54:58 CST 2006
[INFO] Final Memory: 3M/7M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------