We are pleased to announce the Maven LinkCheck Plugin 1.4 release! 

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

Check xdoc links. Requires Maven 1.0 RC2. 

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Changes in this version include:

  New Features:

o Add the property "maven.linkcheck.method" to select the method to use to do 
  the tests (head -by default-,or get). 
o Display for each file the number of links and the number of errors. Fixes 
  MPLINKCHECK-25. 
o New counters to report how many files and links are checked and how many 
  errors are found. Fixes MPLINKCHECK-25. 
o Support NTLM proxies. Fixes MPLINKCHECK-19. 
o linkcheck plugin uses global proxy settings. There is no way to perform 
  check using a proxy while still having a non-proxied project. Fixes 
  MPLINKCHECK-5. 
o If maven is in offline mode the report doesn't test external urls. A 
  warning is displayed in the report. 

  Fixed bugs:

o Sites requiring authentication are reported as NOT FOUND. Fixes 
  MPLINKCHECK-22. 
o java.lang.NumberFormatException if proxy port is setted to "" Fixes 
  MPLINKCHECK-21. 
o StackOverflowError processing apidocs/index-all.html. Fixes MPLINKCHECK-20. 
  Thanks to Ignacio G. Mac Dowell. 

  Changes:

o Upgrade to log4j 1.2.13. Fixes MAVEN-1759. 
o Display a more verbose message than the "NOT FOUND" error. Fixes 
  MPLINKCHECK-25. 
o Speed and stability enhancement [better usage of httpClient]. Fixes 
  MPLINKCHECK-24. 
o Upgrade to HttpClient 3.0. Will be used only with, at least, maven 1.1 beta 
  3. Fixes MAVEN-1739. 
o Improve performance getting rid of jtidy dependency via regexps. Fixes 
  MPLINKCHECK-23. Thanks to Ignacio G. Mac Dowell. 
o "Moved Permanently" sites are reported as a warning and not as an error. 
  Fixes MPLINKCHECK-10. 
o Make compatible with Maven 1.1 
o Update dependencies to match ones in maven 1.1 core and to unify them 
  between plugins. The following dependency is updated : commons-collections 
  v2.1 -> v3.0 Fixes MAVEN-1712. 
o Update dependencies to match ones in maven 1.1 core and to unify them 
  between plugins. The following dependency is updated : commons-httpclient 
  v2.0 -> v2.0.2 Fixes MAVEN-1712. 
o Update dependencies to match ones in maven 1.1 core and to unify them 
  between plugins. The following dependency is updated : commons-jelly 
  v1.0-beta-4 -> v1.0 Fixes MAVEN-1712. 
o Update dependencies to match ones in maven 1.1 core and to unify them 
  between plugins. The following dependency is updated : 
  commons-jelly-tags-ant v1.0 -> v1.1 Fixes MAVEN-1712. 
o Update dependencies to match ones in maven 1.1 core and to unify them 
  between plugins. The following dependency is updated : 
  commons-jelly-tags-xml v1.0 -> v1.1 Fixes MAVEN-1712. 
o Update dependencies to match ones in maven 1.1 core and to unify them 
  between plugins. The following dependency is updated : commons-logging 
  v1.0.3 -> v1.0.4 Fixes MAVEN-1712. 
o Update dependencies to match ones in maven 1.1 core and to unify them 
  between plugins. The following dependency is updated : dom4j v1.4-dev-8 
  -> v1.4 Fixes MAVEN-1712. 
o Update dependencies to match ones in maven 1.1 core and to unify them 
  between plugins. The following dependency is updated : log4j v1.2.8 -> 
  v1.2.12 Fixes MAVEN-1712. 
o Update dependencies to match ones in maven 1.1 core and to unify them 
  between plugins. The following dependency is updated : maven-model 
  v3.0.0-SNAPSHOT -> v3.0.1 Fixes MAVEN-1712.  

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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-linkcheck-plugin
  -Dversion=1.4

For a manual installation, you can download the plugin here:
http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/java-repository/maven/plugins/maven-linkcheck-plugin-1.4.jar


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

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


Have fun!
-The Maven LinkCheck Plugin development team