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Posted to commits@maven.apache.org by be...@apache.org on 2008/04/18 18:16:09 UTC

svn commit: r649587 - /maven/plugins/trunk/maven-pmd-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/pmd/AbstractPmdReport.java

Author: bentmann
Date: Fri Apr 18 09:16:03 2008
New Revision: 649587

URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=649587&view=rev
Log:
[MPMD-74] Clarify usage of outputDirectory parameter

Modified:
    maven/plugins/trunk/maven-pmd-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/pmd/AbstractPmdReport.java

Modified: maven/plugins/trunk/maven-pmd-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/pmd/AbstractPmdReport.java
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/maven/plugins/trunk/maven-pmd-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/pmd/AbstractPmdReport.java?rev=649587&r1=649586&r2=649587&view=diff
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--- maven/plugins/trunk/maven-pmd-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/pmd/AbstractPmdReport.java (original)
+++ maven/plugins/trunk/maven-pmd-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/pmd/AbstractPmdReport.java Fri Apr 18 09:16:03 2008
@@ -53,8 +53,10 @@
     protected File targetDirectory;
 
     /**
-     * The output directory for the final HTML report.
-     *
+     * The output directory for the final HTML report. Note that this parameter is only evaluated if the goal is run
+     * directly from the command line or during the default lifecycle. If the goal is run indirectly as part of a site
+     * generation, the output directory configured in the Maven Site Plugin is used instead.
+     * 
      * @parameter expression="${project.reporting.outputDirectory}"
      * @required
      */