[MJAVADOC-257] maven-javadoc-plugin 2.5, 2.6 and mojo: Error extracting plugin descriptor

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.5, 2.6
• Fix Version/s: 2.6.1
• Environment: Apache Maven 2.2.0; Java version: 1.6.0_11
• Assignee: Siveton Vincent
• Reporter: Jean-Claude Rouvinez
• Created: 28/Aug/09 02:10
• Updated: 28/Oct/17 20:13
• Resolved: 10/Sep/09 07:33

Description

Using maven-javadoc-plugin Version 2.5 or 2.6 for a project of type <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging> leads to the following error message, even if the aggregation is not set:

Error extracting plugin descriptor: 'Goal: ... already exists in the plugin descriptor ...

Using maven-javadoc-plugin Version 2.2 solves this problem.

Structure of the project:

 
[INFO] Reactor build order: 
[INFO]   Service
[INFO]   Service: Common Dependencies
[INFO]   Service: API
[INFO]   Service: Test Fixture
[INFO]   Service: Implementation
[INFO]   Service: DI
[INFO]   Service: auth-maven-plugin
[INFO]   Service: Config
[INFO]   Service: Interceptors
[INFO]   Service: Client Module
[INFO]   Service: Web Components
[INFO]   Service: Example

Configuration in service/pom.xml

    <profile>
      <id>full-site</id>
      <reporting>
        <plugins>
          <plugin>
            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
            <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
            <reportSets>
              <reportSet>
                <reports>
                  <report>analyze-report</report>
                </reports>
              </reportSet>
            </reportSets>
          </plugin>
          <plugin>
            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
            <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>2.5</version>
            <configuration>
              <quiet>true</quiet>
              <show>protected</show>
              <links>
                <link>http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/</link>
                <link>http://java.sun.com/javaee/5/docs/api/</link>
              </links>
            </configuration>
          </plugin>
...

Also see: MJAVADOC-224

Issue Links

• is duplicated by: MJAVADOC-145 If Javadoc is set to aggregate, the build fails inside a Maven plugin module