Class Javadoc

java.lang.Object
org.gradle.api.internal.AbstractTask
org.gradle.api.DefaultTask
org.gradle.api.internal.ConventionTask
org.gradle.api.tasks.SourceTask
org.gradle.api.tasks.javadoc.Javadoc
All Implemented Interfaces:
Comparable<Task>, org.gradle.api.internal.DynamicObjectAware, org.gradle.api.internal.IConventionAware, org.gradle.api.internal.TaskInternal, ExtensionAware, Task, PatternFilterable, org.gradle.util.Configurable<Task>
@CacheableTask public class Javadoc extends SourceTask

Generates HTML API documentation for Java classes.

If you create your own Javadoc tasks remember to specify the 'source' property! Without source the Javadoc task will not create any documentation. Example: 

apply plugin: 'java'

task myJavadocs(type: Javadoc) {
  source = sourceSets.main.allJava
}

An example how to create a task that runs a custom doclet implementation: 

apply plugin: 'java'

configurations {
  jaxDoclet
}

dependencies {
  //jaxDoclet "some.interesting:Dependency:1.0"
}

task generateRestApiDocs(type: Javadoc) {
  source = sourceSets.main.allJava
  destinationDir = reporting.file("rest-api-docs")
  options.docletpath = configurations.jaxDoclet.files.asType(List)
  options.doclet = "com.lunatech.doclets.jax.jaxrs.JAXRSDoclet"
  options.addStringOption("jaxrscontext", "http://localhost:8080/myapp")
}

  • Constructor Details

    • Javadoc

      public Javadoc()

  • Method Details

    • generate

      protected void generate()

    • getSource

      @PathSensitive(RELATIVE) public FileTree getSource()
      Returns the source for this task, after the include and exclude patterns have been applied. Ignores source files which do not exist.
      Overrides:
      getSource in class SourceTask
      Returns:
      The source.

    • getToolChain

      @Incubating @Inject public JavaToolChain getToolChain()
      Returns the tool chain that will be used to generate the Javadoc.

    • setToolChain

      @Incubating public void setToolChain(JavaToolChain toolChain)
      Sets the tool chain to use to generate the Javadoc.

    • getDestinationDir

      @Internal public File getDestinationDir()

      Returns the directory to generate the documentation into.

      Returns:
      The directory.

    • getOutputDirectory

      @OutputDirectory protected File getOutputDirectory()

    • setDestinationDir

      public void setDestinationDir(File destinationDir)

      Sets the directory to generate the documentation into.

    • getMaxMemory

      @Internal public String getMaxMemory()
      Returns the amount of memory allocated to this task.

    • setMaxMemory

      public void setMaxMemory(String maxMemory)
      Sets the amount of memory allocated to this task.
      Parameters:
      maxMemory - The amount of memory

    • getTitle

      @Input @Optional public String getTitle()

      Returns the title for the generated documentation.

      Returns:
      The title, possibly null.

    • setTitle

      public void setTitle(String title)

      Sets the title for the generated documentation.

    • isVerbose

      @Internal public boolean isVerbose()
      Returns whether Javadoc generation is accompanied by verbose output.
      See Also:

    • setVerbose

      public void setVerbose(boolean verbose)
      Sets whether Javadoc generation is accompanied by verbose output or not. The verbose output is done via println (by the underlying Ant task). Thus it is not handled by our logging.
      Parameters:
      verbose - Whether the output should be verbose.

    • getClasspath

      @Classpath public FileCollection getClasspath()
      Returns the classpath to use to resolve type references in the source code.
      Returns:
      The classpath.

    • setClasspath

      public void setClasspath(FileCollection classpath)
      Sets the classpath to use to resolve type references in this source code.
      Parameters:
      classpath - The classpath. Must not be null.

    • getOptions

      public MinimalJavadocOptions getOptions()
      Returns the Javadoc generation options.
      Returns:
      The options. Never returns null.

    • options

      public void options(Closure<?> block)
      Convenience method for configuring Javadoc generation options.
      Parameters:
      block - The configuration block for Javadoc generation options.

    • options

      public void options(Action<? super MinimalJavadocOptions> action)
      Convenience method for configuring Javadoc generation options.
      Parameters:
      action - The action for Javadoc generation options.
      Since:
      3.5

    • isFailOnError

      @Input public boolean isFailOnError()
      Specifies whether this task should fail when errors are encountered during Javadoc generation. When true, this task will fail on Javadoc error. When false, this task will ignore Javadoc errors.

    • setFailOnError

      public void setFailOnError(boolean failOnError)

    • getOptionsFile

      @Internal public File getOptionsFile()

    • getExecutable

      @Input @Optional public String getExecutable()
      Returns the Javadoc executable to use to generate the Javadoc. When null, the Javadoc executable for the current JVM is used.
      Returns:
      The executable. May be null.

    • setExecutable

      public void setExecutable(String executable)