maven-javadoc-plugin: use -source.jar artifacts?

[Laird Nelson <lj...@gmail.com>]

Does the maven-javadoc-plugin work on source files exclusively, or could I,
for example, run it on a monstrous .ear project and have it pick up
sources.jars where they exist?

For example, Enunciate, a tool to generate JAX-RS documentation, which
requires source code access, automatically finds a dependency's source
artifact and uses it when the source code is not available as part of the
project in which it is run.

I was curious if either (a) the maven-javadoc-plugin does this already or
(b) if it is something worth proposing as a feature.

Best,
Laird

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