Hi.
> I think I've spotted the reason why the javadoc does not come out right
> with UTF-8 characters.
> Our pom.xml defines the following properties
> <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
>
> <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
> which should produce the correct result if the default configuration of the
> javadoc plugin is used [1].
>
> However, the parent pom.xml does not use the javadoc plugin default config.
> Instead, it uses two properties, namely commons.encoding and
> commons.docEncoding
> <plugin>
> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
> <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
> ...
> <configuration>
> ...
> <encoding>${commons.encoding}</encoding>
> <docEncoding>${commons.docEncoding}</docEncoding>
> ...
> </configuration>
> </plugin>
>
> which are defined as follows
> <commons.encoding>iso-8859-1</commons.encoding>
> <commons.docEncoding>${commons.encoding}</commons.docEncoding>
I'd think that this should be changed here.
Gilles
>
> So, we should first override commons.encoding in our own pom.xml
> <commons.encoding>UTF-8</commons.encoding>
>
> We should also get rid of the following lines in our pom.xml
> <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
>
> <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
>
> since the parent pom.xml defines these two properties as
>
> <project.build.sourceEncoding>${commons.encoding}</project.build.sourceEncoding>
>
> <project.reporting.outputEncoding>${commons.encoding}</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
>
>
> I've performed these changes locally, and it seems to be working OK.
> However, I'm a bit shy. I'm no maven guru, and I'd rather someone had a
> look into this before I commit the changes.
>
> Best regards,
> Sébastien
>
> [1]
> http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-javadoc-plugin/faq.html#What_are_the_values_of_encoding_docencoding_and_charset_parameters
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