As you can see in the Maven Model [1] the plugin element has the option to include a dependencies tag. This will put dependencies on the classpath of the plugin.
Hth, Nick Stolwijk ~Java Developer~ Iprofs BV. Claus Sluterweg 125 2012 WS Haarlem www.iprofs.nl [1] http://maven.apache.org/ref/2.0.7/maven-model/maven.html On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 2:54 PM, leviathani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello! > > I am new to maven and want to create a Javadoc PDF in an automated way. I > adapted PDFDoclet[1] for this purpose. This doclet is depending on log4j as > well as some other libraries. > > However, I always receive an error when i try to build this documentation > with mvn site:site, namely: > > --------------------------------------------------------- > [INFO] Error during page generation > > Embedded error: Error rendering Maven report: Exit code: 1 - > java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/log4j/Logger > --------------------------------------------------------- > > This happens upon invocation of PDFDoclet, which I have included in the > reporting section: > --------------------------------------------------------- > <reporting> > <plugins> > <plugin> > <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> > <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId> > <reportSets> > <reportSet> > <id>pdf</id> > <configuration> > <name>PDF API documentation</name> > <description>A Java API documentation in PDF > Format.</description> > > <doclet>org.mycompany.javadoc.pdfdoclet.PDFDoclet</doclet> > <docletArtifact> > <groupId>org.mycompany.javadoc</groupId> > <artifactId>pdfdoclet</artifactId> > <version></version> > </docletArtifact> > <maxmemory>256m</maxmemory> > <additionalparam>-pdf api.pdf -config > src/main/resources/pdfdoclet.properties</additionalparam> > > <sourcepath>${project.build.directory}/sources</sourcepath> > <destDir>pdf</destDir> > <show>public</show> > </configuration> > <reports> > <report>javadoc</report> > </reports> > </reportSet> > <!-- MORE STUFF IN HERE --> > </reportSets> > </plugin> > </plugins> > </reporting> > --------------------------------------------------------- > > Log4j is in the dependencies section of my pom.xml. However, it looks like > the dependency on log4j is ignored in this case. > > Is there a way to tell maven that it should put log4j into the classpath > when invoking the javadoc plugin? I want to avoid having to write a plugin > for this if it is not necessary. Nevertheless, this would be my workaround > if I cannot find a solution to this problem. > > TIA && kind regards, > Gernot > > [1]: http://pdfdoclet.sourceforge.net/ > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Classpath-problems-with-Javadoc-plugin-%28mvn-site%3Asite%29-tp18925313p18925313.html > Sent from the Maven - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
