[MJAVADOC-590] Setting nooverview option always causes a build failure

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 3.3.0
• Component/s: javadoc
• Assignee: Robert Scholte
• Reporter: Benedikt Ritter
• Created: 25/Mar/19 13:28
• Updated: 12/May/21 07:50
• Resolved: 08/May/21 15:55

Description

Problem:

The nooverview option is not usable, since it will alway clash with the overview option. This is because overview has a default value set to ${basedir}/src/main/javadoc/overview.html, so the file object representing overview will always be created. It is not possible to not set it to null. FOr this reason the check in validateStandardDocletOptions will always throw an exception.

Possible Solution:

The check

( getOverview() != null ) && nooverview

should be changed to

getOverview() != null && getOverview().exists() && nooverview