Javadoc fails if footer contains newlines -----------------------------------------
Key: MJAVADOC-133 URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MJAVADOC-133 Project: Maven 2.x Javadoc Plugin Issue Type: Bug Affects Versions: 2.2 Environment: Windows XP, java 1.6 u1 Reporter: Francois Fernandes The current version of the javadoc plugin fails if the footer specified for the project contains newline characters: {code:xml} <plugin> <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId> <executions> <execution> <goals> <goal>jar</goal> </goals> <phase>package</phase> </execution> </executions> <configuration> <excludePackageNames>*.internal*</excludePackageNames> <footer> <![CDATA[ <table border="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr><td><img src="[EMAIL PROTECTED]/icon.gif" width="32" /></td><td> All rights reserved.</td></tr></table> ]]> </footer> </configuration> </plugin> {code} The resulting output is as follows: [INFO] Error while creating archive:Exit code: 1 - javadoc: error - Illegal package name: "<tr><td><img" javadoc: error - Illegal package name: "src=" javadoc: error - Illegal package name: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]/icon.gif" javadoc: error - Illegal package name: "width=" javadoc: error - Illegal package name: "32" javadoc: error - Illegal package name: "/></td><td>Copyright" javadoc: error - Illegal package name: "&" {noformat} {noformat} -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira