Maven - Java EE 6 Javadocs Web Profile

Question

Declaring the following dependency:

<dependency> <groupId>javax</groupId> <artifactId>javaee-web-api</artifactId> <version>6.0</version> <scope>provided</scope> </dependency> 

I can use everything I need for a Java EE 6 project (Servlet 3.0, JPA 2, EJB, CDI, etc.). The problem is that Maven cannot load Javadocs for dependencies (or at least m2eclipse “Download JavaDoc” does not work), so Eclipse does not show me Javadocs when I use the very convenient code completion function.

I found this post specific to Servlet 3.0 API, Maven dependency for Servlet 3.0 API? .

Can anyone point out a solution that works for each API? Or, can someone provide a dummy Java EE 6 Javadocs installation reference and link it to the javaee-web-api artifact in the local repository?

Answer 1

Assuming you have Java EE javadocs, you can install them in your local maven repository using the maven install plugin. Look at this usage link

You should use -Dclassifier=sources to indicate that you are installing sources. For this, see this example .