I just checked out and build doxia from the source, and I get the following stack trace from the goal doxia:render-books. I do not get then error with 1.0-alpha-11.
o The book is composed on 2 chapters with section of apt document o apt documents contain only text bocks, not figures or links. o excerpt of plugin configuration in pom is below. o book.xml is below. *** * Stack Trace *** + Error stacktraces are turned on. [INFO] Scanning for projects... [INFO] Searching repository for plugin with prefix: 'doxia'. [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Building Database Backup Scripts [INFO] task-segment: [doxia:render-books] [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------------- this realm = app0.child-container[org.apache.maven.doxia:doxia-maven-plugin] urls[0] = file:/C:/Documents and Settings/paul/.m2/repository/org/apache/maven/doxia/doxia-maven-plugin/1.0-beta-1-SNAPSHOT/doxia-maven-plugin-1.0-beta-1-SNAPSHOT.jar urls[1] = file:/C:/Documents and Settings/paul/.m2/repository/org/apache/maven/doxia/doxia-book/1.0-beta-1-SNAPSHOT/doxia-book-1.0-beta-1-SNAPSHOT.jar urls[2] = file:/C:/Documents and Settings/paul/.m2/repository/org/apache/maven/doxia/doxia-core/1.0-beta-1-SNAPSHOT/doxia-core-1.0-beta-1-SNAPSHOT.jar urls[3] = file:/C:/Documents and Settings/paul/.m2/repository/org/apache/maven/doxia/doxia-logging-api/1.0-beta-1-SNAPSHOT/doxia-logging-api-1.0-beta-1-SNAPSHOT.jar urls[4] = file:/C:/Documents and Settings/paul/.m2/repository/org/codehaus/plexus/plexus-utils/1.5.6/plexus-utils-1.5.6.jar urls[5] = file:/C:/Documents and Settings/paul/.m2/repository/xerces/xercesImpl/2.8.1/xercesImpl-2.8.1.jar urls[6] = file:/C:/Documents and Settings/paul/.m2/repository/xml-apis/xml-apis/1.3.03/xml-apis-1.3.03.jar urls[7] = file:/C:/Documents and Settings/paul/.m2/repository/org/apache/maven/doxia/doxia-module-xdoc/1.0-beta-1-SNAPSHOT/doxia-module-xdoc-1.0-beta-1-SNAPSHOT.jar urls[8] = file:/C:/Documents and Settings/paul/.m2/repository/org/apache/maven/doxia/doxia-module-xhtml/1.0-beta-1-SNAPSHOT/doxia-module-xhtml-1.0-beta-1-SNAPSHOT.jar urls[9] = file:/C:/Documents and Settings/paul/.m2/repository/org/apache/maven/doxia/doxia-module-apt/1.0-beta-1-SNAPSHOT/doxia-module-apt-1.0-beta-1-SNAPSHOT.jar urls[10] = file:/C:/Documents and Settings/paul/.m2/repository/org/apache/maven/doxia/doxia-module-itext/1.0-beta-1-SNAPSHOT/doxia-module-itext-1.0-beta-1-SNAPSHOT.jar urls[11] = file:/C:/Documents and Settings/paul/.m2/repository/com/lowagie/itext/1.4/itext-1.4.jar urls[12] = file:/C:/Documents and Settings/paul/.m2/repository/org/apache/maven/doxia/doxia-module-latex/1.0-beta-1-SNAPSHOT/doxia-module-latex-1.0-beta-1-SNAPSHOT.jar urls[13] = file:/C:/Documents and Settings/paul/.m2/repository/org/apache/maven/doxia/doxia-module-docbook-simple/1.0-beta-1-SNAPSHOT/doxia-module-docbook-simple-1.0-beta-1-SNAPSHOT.jar urls[14] = file:/C:/Documents and Settings/paul/.m2/repository/org/codehaus/plexus/plexus-i18n/1.0-beta-6/plexus-i18n-1.0-beta-6.jar urls[15] = file:/C:/Documents and Settings/paul/.m2/repository/org/codehaus/plexus/plexus-cli/1.0/plexus-cli-1.0.jar Number of imports: 6 import: [EMAIL PROTECTED] import: [EMAIL PROTECTED] import: [EMAIL PROTECTED] import: [EMAIL PROTECTED] import: [EMAIL PROTECTED] import: [EMAIL PROTECTED] this realm = plexus.core urls[0] = file:/c:/apache/apache-maven-2.0.9/lib/maven-2.0.9-uber.jar Number of imports: 6 import: [EMAIL PROTECTED] import: [EMAIL PROTECTED] import: [EMAIL PROTECTED] import: [EMAIL PROTECTED] import: [EMAIL PROTECTED] import: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------- [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [ERROR] BUILD ERROR [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Internal error in the plugin manager executing goal 'org.apache.maven.doxia:doxia-maven-plugin:1.0-beta-1-SNAPSHOT:render-books': Unable to find the mojo 'org.apache.maven.doxia:doxia-maven-plugin:1.0-beta-1-SNAPSHOT:render-books' in the plugi n 'org.apache.maven.doxia:doxia-maven-plugin' org/apache/maven/doxia/sink/SinkEventAttributes [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Trace org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException: Internal error in the plugin manager executing goal 'org.apache.maven.doxia:doxia-maven-plugin:1.0-beta-1-SNAPSHOT:render-books': Unable to find the mojo 'org.apache.maven.doxia:doxia-maven-plug in:1.0-beta-1-SNAPSHOT:render-books' in the plugin 'org.apache.maven.doxia:doxia-maven-plugin' at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoals(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:562) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeStandaloneGoal(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:512) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoal(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:482) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoalAndHandleFailures(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:330) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeTaskSegments(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:291) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.execute(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:142) at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:336) at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:129) at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:287) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585) at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:315) at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:255) at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:430) at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:375) Caused by: org.apache.maven.plugin.PluginManagerException: Unable to find the mojo 'org.apache.maven.doxia:doxia-maven-plugin:1.0-beta-1-SNAPSHOT:render-books' in the plugin 'org.apache.maven.doxia:doxia-maven-plugin' at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.getConfiguredMojo(DefaultPluginManager.java:618) at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultPluginManager.java:429) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoals(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:558) ... 16 more Caused by: org.codehaus.plexus.component.repository.exception.ComponentLookupException: Unable to lookup component 'org.apache.maven.plugin.Mojoorg.apache.maven.doxia:doxia-maven-plugin:1.0-beta-1-SNAPSHOT:render-books', it could not be started at org.codehaus.plexus.DefaultPlexusContainer.lookup(DefaultPlexusContainer.java:339) at org.codehaus.plexus.DefaultPlexusContainer.lookup(DefaultPlexusContainer.java:440) at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.getConfiguredMojo(DefaultPluginManager.java:609) ... 18 more Caused by: org.codehaus.plexus.component.repository.exception.ComponentLifecycleException: Error starting component at org.codehaus.plexus.component.manager.AbstractComponentManager.startComponentLifecycle(AbstractComponentManager.java:109) at org.codehaus.plexus.component.manager.AbstractComponentManager.createComponentInstance(AbstractComponentManager.java:95) at org.codehaus.plexus.component.manager.PerLookupComponentManager.getComponent(PerLookupComponentManager.java:48) at org.codehaus.plexus.DefaultPlexusContainer.lookup(DefaultPlexusContainer.java:331) ... 20 more Caused by: org.codehaus.plexus.personality.plexus.lifecycle.phase.PhaseExecutionException: Error composing component at org.codehaus.plexus.personality.plexus.lifecycle.phase.CompositionPhase.execute(CompositionPhase.java:33) at org.codehaus.plexus.lifecycle.AbstractLifecycleHandler.start(AbstractLifecycleHandler.java:101) at org.codehaus.plexus.component.manager.AbstractComponentManager.startComponentLifecycle(AbstractComponentManager.java:105) ... 23 more Caused by: org.codehaus.plexus.component.composition.CompositionException: Composition failed of field bookDoxia in object of type org.apache.maven.doxia.plugin.DoxiaRenderBooksMojo because the requirement ComponentRequirement{role='org.apache.maven. doxia.book.BookDoxia', roleHint='null', fieldName='bookDoxia'} was missing at org.codehaus.plexus.component.composition.FieldComponentComposer.assignRequirementToField(FieldComponentComposer.java:154) at org.codehaus.plexus.component.composition.FieldComponentComposer.assembleComponent(FieldComponentComposer.java:73) at org.codehaus.plexus.component.composition.DefaultComponentComposerManager.assembleComponent(DefaultComponentComposerManager.java:68) at org.codehaus.plexus.DefaultPlexusContainer.composeComponent(DefaultPlexusContainer.java:1486) at org.codehaus.plexus.personality.plexus.lifecycle.phase.CompositionPhase.execute(CompositionPhase.java:29) ... 25 more Caused by: org.codehaus.plexus.component.repository.exception.ComponentLookupException: Unable to lookup component 'org.apache.maven.doxia.book.BookDoxia', it could not be started at org.codehaus.plexus.DefaultPlexusContainer.lookup(DefaultPlexusContainer.java:339) at org.codehaus.plexus.component.composition.FieldComponentComposer.assignRequirementToField(FieldComponentComposer.java:129) ... 29 more Caused by: org.codehaus.plexus.component.repository.exception.ComponentLifecycleException: Error starting component at org.codehaus.plexus.component.manager.AbstractComponentManager.startComponentLifecycle(AbstractComponentManager.java:109) at org.codehaus.plexus.component.manager.AbstractComponentManager.createComponentInstance(AbstractComponentManager.java:95) at org.codehaus.plexus.component.manager.ClassicSingletonComponentManager.getComponent(ClassicSingletonComponentManager.java:92) at org.codehaus.plexus.DefaultPlexusContainer.lookup(DefaultPlexusContainer.java:331) ... 30 more Caused by: org.codehaus.plexus.personality.plexus.lifecycle.phase.PhaseExecutionException: Error composing component at org.codehaus.plexus.personality.plexus.lifecycle.phase.CompositionPhase.execute(CompositionPhase.java:33) at org.codehaus.plexus.lifecycle.AbstractLifecycleHandler.start(AbstractLifecycleHandler.java:101) at org.codehaus.plexus.component.manager.AbstractComponentManager.startComponentLifecycle(AbstractComponentManager.java:105) ... 33 more Caused by: org.codehaus.plexus.component.composition.CompositionException: Composition failed of field bookIndexer in object of type org.apache.maven.doxia.book.DefaultBookDoxia because the requirement ComponentRequirement{role='org.apache.maven.doxi a.book.services.indexer.BookIndexer', roleHint='null', fieldName='bookIndexer'} was missing at org.codehaus.plexus.component.composition.FieldComponentComposer.assignRequirementToField(FieldComponentComposer.java:154) at org.codehaus.plexus.component.composition.FieldComponentComposer.assembleComponent(FieldComponentComposer.java:73) at org.codehaus.plexus.component.composition.DefaultComponentComposerManager.assembleComponent(DefaultComponentComposerManager.java:68) at org.codehaus.plexus.DefaultPlexusContainer.composeComponent(DefaultPlexusContainer.java:1486) at org.codehaus.plexus.personality.plexus.lifecycle.phase.CompositionPhase.execute(CompositionPhase.java:29) ... 35 more Caused by: org.codehaus.plexus.component.repository.exception.ComponentLookupException: Unable to lookup component 'org.apache.maven.doxia.book.services.indexer.BookIndexer', it could not be started at org.codehaus.plexus.DefaultPlexusContainer.lookup(DefaultPlexusContainer.java:339) at org.codehaus.plexus.component.composition.FieldComponentComposer.assignRequirementToField(FieldComponentComposer.java:129) ... 39 more Caused by: org.codehaus.plexus.component.repository.exception.ComponentLifecycleException: Error starting component at org.codehaus.plexus.component.manager.AbstractComponentManager.startComponentLifecycle(AbstractComponentManager.java:109) at org.codehaus.plexus.component.manager.AbstractComponentManager.createComponentInstance(AbstractComponentManager.java:95) at org.codehaus.plexus.component.manager.ClassicSingletonComponentManager.getComponent(ClassicSingletonComponentManager.java:92) at org.codehaus.plexus.DefaultPlexusContainer.lookup(DefaultPlexusContainer.java:331) ... 40 more Caused by: org.codehaus.plexus.personality.plexus.lifecycle.phase.PhaseExecutionException: Error composing component at org.codehaus.plexus.personality.plexus.lifecycle.phase.CompositionPhase.execute(CompositionPhase.java:33) at org.codehaus.plexus.lifecycle.AbstractLifecycleHandler.start(AbstractLifecycleHandler.java:101) at org.codehaus.plexus.component.manager.AbstractComponentManager.startComponentLifecycle(AbstractComponentManager.java:105) ... 43 more Caused by: org.codehaus.plexus.component.composition.CompositionException: Composition failed of field doxia in object of type org.apache.maven.doxia.book.services.indexer.DefaultBookIndexer because the requirement ComponentRequirement{role='org.apac he.maven.doxia.Doxia', roleHint='null', fieldName='doxia'} was missing at org.codehaus.plexus.component.composition.FieldComponentComposer.assignRequirementToField(FieldComponentComposer.java:154) at org.codehaus.plexus.component.composition.FieldComponentComposer.assembleComponent(FieldComponentComposer.java:73) at org.codehaus.plexus.component.composition.DefaultComponentComposerManager.assembleComponent(DefaultComponentComposerManager.java:68) at org.codehaus.plexus.DefaultPlexusContainer.composeComponent(DefaultPlexusContainer.java:1486) at org.codehaus.plexus.personality.plexus.lifecycle.phase.CompositionPhase.execute(CompositionPhase.java:29) ... 45 more Caused by: org.codehaus.plexus.component.repository.exception.ComponentLookupException: Unable to lookup component 'org.apache.maven.doxia.Doxia', it could not be started at org.codehaus.plexus.DefaultPlexusContainer.lookup(DefaultPlexusContainer.java:339) at org.codehaus.plexus.component.composition.FieldComponentComposer.assignRequirementToField(FieldComponentComposer.java:129) ... 49 more Caused by: org.codehaus.plexus.component.repository.exception.ComponentLifecycleException: Error starting component at org.codehaus.plexus.component.manager.AbstractComponentManager.startComponentLifecycle(AbstractComponentManager.java:109) at org.codehaus.plexus.component.manager.AbstractComponentManager.createComponentInstance(AbstractComponentManager.java:95) at org.codehaus.plexus.component.manager.ClassicSingletonComponentManager.getComponent(ClassicSingletonComponentManager.java:92) at org.codehaus.plexus.DefaultPlexusContainer.lookup(DefaultPlexusContainer.java:331) ... 50 more Caused by: org.codehaus.plexus.personality.plexus.lifecycle.phase.PhaseExecutionException: Error composing component at org.codehaus.plexus.personality.plexus.lifecycle.phase.CompositionPhase.execute(CompositionPhase.java:33) at org.codehaus.plexus.lifecycle.AbstractLifecycleHandler.start(AbstractLifecycleHandler.java:101) at org.codehaus.plexus.component.manager.AbstractComponentManager.startComponentLifecycle(AbstractComponentManager.java:105) ... 53 more Caused by: org.codehaus.plexus.component.composition.CompositionException: Composition failed of field parserManager in object of type org.apache.maven.doxia.DefaultDoxia because the requirement ComponentRequirement{role='org.apache.maven.doxia.parse r.manager.ParserManager', roleHint='null', fieldName='parserManager'} was missing at org.codehaus.plexus.component.composition.FieldComponentComposer.assignRequirementToField(FieldComponentComposer.java:154) at org.codehaus.plexus.component.composition.FieldComponentComposer.assembleComponent(FieldComponentComposer.java:73) at org.codehaus.plexus.component.composition.DefaultComponentComposerManager.assembleComponent(DefaultComponentComposerManager.java:68) at org.codehaus.plexus.DefaultPlexusContainer.composeComponent(DefaultPlexusContainer.java:1486) at org.codehaus.plexus.personality.plexus.lifecycle.phase.CompositionPhase.execute(CompositionPhase.java:29) ... 55 more Caused by: org.codehaus.plexus.component.repository.exception.ComponentLookupException: Unable to lookup component 'org.apache.maven.doxia.parser.manager.ParserManager', it could not be started at org.codehaus.plexus.DefaultPlexusContainer.lookup(DefaultPlexusContainer.java:339) at org.codehaus.plexus.component.composition.FieldComponentComposer.assignRequirementToField(FieldComponentComposer.java:129) ... 59 more Caused by: org.codehaus.plexus.component.repository.exception.ComponentLifecycleException: Error starting component at org.codehaus.plexus.component.manager.AbstractComponentManager.startComponentLifecycle(AbstractComponentManager.java:109) at org.codehaus.plexus.component.manager.AbstractComponentManager.createComponentInstance(AbstractComponentManager.java:95) at org.codehaus.plexus.component.manager.ClassicSingletonComponentManager.getComponent(ClassicSingletonComponentManager.java:92) at org.codehaus.plexus.DefaultPlexusContainer.lookup(DefaultPlexusContainer.java:331) ... 60 more Caused by: org.codehaus.plexus.personality.plexus.lifecycle.phase.PhaseExecutionException: Error composing component at org.codehaus.plexus.personality.plexus.lifecycle.phase.CompositionPhase.execute(CompositionPhase.java:33) at org.codehaus.plexus.lifecycle.AbstractLifecycleHandler.start(AbstractLifecycleHandler.java:101) at org.codehaus.plexus.component.manager.AbstractComponentManager.startComponentLifecycle(AbstractComponentManager.java:105) ... 63 more Caused by: org.codehaus.plexus.component.composition.CompositionException: Composition failed of field parsers in object of type org.apache.maven.doxia.parser.manager.DefaultParserManager because the requirement ComponentRequirement{role='org.apache. maven.doxia.parser.Parser', roleHint='null', fieldName='parsers'} was missing at org.codehaus.plexus.component.composition.FieldComponentComposer.assignRequirementToField(FieldComponentComposer.java:154) at org.codehaus.plexus.component.composition.FieldComponentComposer.assembleComponent(FieldComponentComposer.java:73) at org.codehaus.plexus.component.composition.DefaultComponentComposerManager.assembleComponent(DefaultComponentComposerManager.java:68) at org.codehaus.plexus.DefaultPlexusContainer.composeComponent(DefaultPlexusContainer.java:1486) at org.codehaus.plexus.personality.plexus.lifecycle.phase.CompositionPhase.execute(CompositionPhase.java:29) ... 65 more Caused by: org.codehaus.plexus.component.repository.exception.ComponentLookupException: Unable to lookup component 'org.apache.maven.doxia.parser.Parserxhtml', it could not be created at org.codehaus.plexus.DefaultPlexusContainer.lookup(DefaultPlexusContainer.java:335) at org.codehaus.plexus.DefaultPlexusContainer.lookup(DefaultPlexusContainer.java:440) at org.codehaus.plexus.DefaultPlexusContainer.lookupMap(DefaultPlexusContainer.java:390) at org.codehaus.plexus.component.composition.FieldComponentComposer.assignRequirementToField(FieldComponentComposer.java:103) ... 69 more Caused by: org.codehaus.plexus.component.factory.ComponentInstantiationException: Could not instanciate component: role: 'org.apache.maven.doxia.parser.Parser', implementation: 'org.apache.maven.doxia.module.xhtml.XhtmlParser', role hint: 'xhtml' at org.codehaus.plexus.component.factory.java.JavaComponentFactory.makeException(JavaComponentFactory.java:77) at org.codehaus.plexus.component.factory.java.JavaComponentFactory.newInstance(JavaComponentFactory.java:62) at org.codehaus.plexus.DefaultPlexusContainer.createComponentInstance(DefaultPlexusContainer.java:1464) at org.codehaus.plexus.component.manager.AbstractComponentManager.createComponentInstance(AbstractComponentManager.java:93) at org.codehaus.plexus.component.manager.ClassicSingletonComponentManager.getComponent(ClassicSingletonComponentManager.java:92) at org.codehaus.plexus.DefaultPlexusContainer.lookup(DefaultPlexusContainer.java:331) ... 72 more Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/maven/doxia/sink/SinkEventAttributes at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredConstructors0(Native Method) at java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredConstructors(Class.java:2357) at java.lang.Class.getConstructor0(Class.java:2671) at java.lang.Class.newInstance0(Class.java:321) at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:303) at org.codehaus.plexus.component.factory.java.JavaComponentFactory.newInstance(JavaComponentFactory.java:44) ... 76 more [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Total time: 3 seconds [INFO] Finished at: Mon Nov 24 13:57:39 EST 2008 [INFO] Final Memory: 4M/9M [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** * Excerpt from pom.xml *** <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.doxia</groupId> <artifactId>doxia-maven-plugin</artifactId> <version>1.0-beta-1-SNAPSHOT</version> <executions> <execution> <phase>pre-site</phase> <goals> <goal>render-books</goal> </goals> </execution> </executions> <configuration> <books> <book> <directory>src/books/user-guide</directory> <descriptor>src/books/user-guide/book.xml</descriptor> <formats> <format> <id>xdoc</id> </format> </formats> </book> </books> </configuration> </plugin> *** * Book.xml *** <book> <id>user-guide</id> <title>Backup Script Users Guide</title> <author>Joe User</author> <chapters> <chapter> <id>chap_config</id> <title>Configuration</title> <sections> <section> <id>config_oracle</id> </section> <section> <id>config_cron</id> </section> </sections> </chapter> <chapter> <id>chap_procedures</id> <title>Procedures</title> <sections> <section> <id>recovery</id> </section> <section> <id>testing</id> <title>Testing</title> </section> </sections> </chapter> </chapters> </book> Paul Spencer