[jira] (MJAVADOC-378) Confusing param 'outputDirectory' for javadoc goal

["Anders Hammar (JIRA)" <ji...@codehaus.org>]

Anders Hammar created MJAVADOC-378:
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             Summary: Confusing param 'outputDirectory' for javadoc goal
                 Key: MJAVADOC-378
                 URL: https://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MJAVADOC-378
             Project: Maven Javadoc Plugin
          Issue Type: Bug
    Affects Versions: 2.9.1
         Environment: n/a
            Reporter: Anders Hammar
            Priority: Minor


The param 'outputDirectory' seems to be misleading. Does it serve a purpose?
Reading the docs at:
http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-javadoc-plugin/examples/output-configuration.html
the params to use to change where the javadoc should be generated is 'reportOutputDirectory' and 'destDir', not 'outputDirectory'.
Also, very confusingly, the user property 'destDir' is used for both the 'destDir' and the 'outputDirectory' params. Which can't be right as 'destDir' should be relative to 'reportingOutputDirectory'.

All is very confusing. 'outputDirectory' doesn't seems to be used as it's default value is not where the javadoc is generated.

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