[MJAVADOC-375] Required class missing: org/apache/http/HttpRequest

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Blocker
• Resolution: Cannot Reproduce
• Affects Version/s: 2.9.1
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Ollie Robertshaw
• Created: 29/Aug/13 04:10
• Updated: 18/Mar/15 15:33
• Resolved: 18/Mar/15 15:33

Description

I cannot run Javadoc plugin 2.9.1 against any Maven project. It fails with the following error:

Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-javadoc-plugin:2.9.1:javadoc (default-cli) on project Test: Execution default-cli of goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-javadoc-plugin:2.9.1:javadoc failed: A required class was missing while executing org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-javadoc-plugin:2.9.1:javadoc: org/apache/http/HttpRequest

Attached is a full Maven debug output, and an empty Maven project - with no dependencies - that the goal mvn javadoc:javadoc and mvn org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-javadoc-plugin:2.9.1:javadoc both fail against (though mvn org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-javadoc-plugin:2.8.1:javadoc succeeds).

This looks to me like something (Plexus?) is dependent on HttpClient 3, and your recent upgrade to use HttpClient 4 has caused this to break.

Issue Links

• relates to: MJAVADOC-363 [Patch] Port maven-javadoc-plugin from httpclient 3 to httpclient 4