[MPMD-235] Javadoc errors when building with java8

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.8
• Fix Version/s: 3.9.0
• Component/s: CPD, PMD
• Assignee: Andreas Dangel
• Reporter: Andreas Dangel
• Created: 01/May/17 06:57
• Updated: 21/Jan/18 17:30
• Resolved: 28/Oct/17 16:25

Description

For example

[INFO] [ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-javadoc-plugin:2.10.3:jar (attach-javadocs) on project maven-pmd-plugin: MavenReportException: Error while generating Javadoc:
[INFO] [ERROR] Exit code: 1 - /home/andreas/projects/programming/apache.org/releases/maven-pmd-plugin/target/checkout/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/pmd/AbstractPmdReport.java:286: warning: no description for @throws
[INFO] [ERROR] * @throws java.io.IOException
[INFO] [ERROR] ^
[INFO] [ERROR] /home/andreas/projects/programming/apache.org/releases/maven-pmd-plugin/target/checkout/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/pmd/AbstractPmdViolationCheckMojo.java:275: warning: no description for @param
[INFO] [ERROR] * @param item
[INFO] [ERROR] ^
[INFO] [ERROR] /home/andreas/projects/programming/apache.org/releases/maven-pmd-plugin/target/checkout/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/pmd/AbstractPmdViolationCheckMojo.java:277: warning: no @param for severity
[INFO] [ERROR] protected abstract void printError( D item, String severity );
[INFO] [ERROR] ^
[INFO] [ERROR] /home/andreas/projects/programming/apache.org/releases/maven-pmd-plugin/target/checkout/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/pmd/AbstractPmdViolationCheckMojo.java:282: warning: no description for @param
[INFO] [ERROR] * @param analisysFile
[INFO] [ERROR] ^
[INFO] [ERROR] /home/andreas/projects/programming/apache.org/releases/maven-pmd-plugin/target/checkout/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/pmd/AbstractPmdViolationCheckMojo.java:283: warning: no description for @throws
[INFO] [ERROR] * @throws XmlPullParserException
[INFO] [ERROR] ^
[INFO] [ERROR] /home/andreas/projects/programming/apache.org/releases/maven-pmd-plugin/target/checkout/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/pmd/AbstractPmdViolationCheckMojo.java:284: warning: no description for @throws
[INFO] [ERROR] * @throws IOException
[INFO] [ERROR] ^
...

Just run with java8:

mvn clean verify javadoc:javadoc