fixed using the <exec tag
<target name="javadoc" depends="jar" description="Generate javadoc">
<!-- <javadoc overview="${java.src.dir}/overview.html"
packagenames="org.apache.zookeeper.*" destdir="${build.javadoc}"
author="true" version="true" use="true" Public="yes"
windowtitle="${Name} ${version} API" doctitle="${Name} ${version}
API" bottom="Copyright &copy; ${year} The Apache Software
Foundation" > <fileset dir="${java.src.dir}"> <include
name="org/apache/**/*Main.java"/> <include
name="org/apache/zookeeper/AsyncCallback.java"/> <include
name="org/apache/zookeeper/CreateMode.java"/> <include
name="org/apache/zookeeper/KeeperException.java"/> <include
name="org/apache/zookeeper/ServerAdminClient.java"/> <include
name="org/apache/zookeeper/Watcher.java"/> <include
name="org/apache/zookeeper/WatchedEvent.java"/> <include
name="org/apache/zookeeper/ZooDefs.java"/> <include
name="org/apache/zookeeper/ZooKeeper.java"/> <include
name="org/apache/zookeeper/server/LogFormatter.java"/> <include
name="org/apache/zookeeper/server/SnapshotFormatter.java"/> <include
name="org/apache/zookeeper/server/PurgeTxnLog.java"/> <exclude
name="org/apache/zookeeper/server/quorum/QuorumPacket"/> </fileset>
<packageset dir="${src_generated.dir}"> <exclude
name="org/apache/zookeeper/proto"/> <exclude
name="org/apache/zookeeper/txn"/> <exclude
name="org/apache/zookeeper/version"/> <exclude
name="org/apache/zookeeper/server/**"/> </packageset> <link
href="${javadoc.link.java}"/> <classpath> <fileset
dir="C:/MAVEN-~1/ZOOKEE~1/build/classes"> <include
name="**/*.class"/> </fileset> <fileset
dir="${basedir}"> <include name="${jar.name}"/>
</fileset> <path refid="java.classpath"/> </classpath>
</javadoc> -->
<exec executable="cmd.exe" failonerror="false"> <arg
value="/c"/> <arg value="/Java/jdk1.8/bin/javadoc.exe -locale en_US -d
/MAVEN-~1/ZOOKEE~1/src/java/java/generated -sourcepath
/MAVEN-~1/ZOOKEE~1/src/java/main -subpackages org -encoding utf-8 -protected
-overview /MAVEN-~1/ZOOKEE~1/src/src/java/main/overview.html -noindex
-classpath
/java/jdk18/lib/tools.jar;/MAVEN-~1/ZOOKEE~1/build/classes;/Users/mgainty/.m2/REPOSI~1/org/slf4j/slf4j/4/jar;/Users/mgainty/.m2/REPOSI~1/log4j/log4j/1.2.17/jar;/Users/mgainty/.m2/REPOSITORY/org/apache/commons/commonscli/2.0/jar;/Users/mgainty/.m2/REPOSI~1/jline/jline/2.11/jar;/Users/mgainty/.m2/REPOSI~1/org/jboss/netty/netty/3.2.10.Final/jar;/Users/mgainty/.m2/REPOSI~1/org/codehaus/jackson/JACKSO~1/1.9.5/jar;/Users/mgainty/.m2/REPOSI~1/org/codehaus/jackson/JACKSO~2/1.9.3/jar;/Users/mgainty/.m2/REPOSI~1/javax/servlet/JAVAX~1.SER/3.0.1/jar;/Users/mgainty/.m2/REPOSI~1/org/mortbay/jetty/server/6.1.23/jar;${build.classes}"/>
</exec> </target>
javadoc now works and produces html output in
/MAVEN-~1/ZOOKEE~1/src/java/java/generated
Thanks!
Martin
______________________________________________
> From: mgai...@hotmail.com
> To: user@ant.apache.org
> Subject: javadoc failure
> Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2016 10:22:34 -0500
>
> Gentlemen
>
> running javadoc ant task:
>
> <javadoc overview="${java.src.dir}/overview.html"
> packagenames="org.apache.zookeeper.*" destdir="${build.javadoc}"
> author="true" version="true" use="true"
> Public="yes" windowtitle="${Name} ${version} API"
> doctitle="${Name} ${version} API" bottom="Copyright &copy;
> ${year} The Apache Software Foundation" > <fileset
> dir="${java.src.dir}"> <include name="org/apache/**/*Main.java"/>
> <include name="org/apache/zookeeper/AsyncCallback.java"/>
> <include name="org/apache/zookeeper/CreateMode.java"/> <include
> name="org/apache/zookeeper/KeeperException.java"/> <include
> name="org/apache/zookeeper/ServerAdminClient.java"/> <include
> name="org/apache/zookeeper/Watcher.java"/> <include
> name="org/apache/zookeeper/WatchedEvent.java"/> <include
> name="org/apache/zookeeper/ZooDefs.java"/> <include
> name="org/apache/zookeeper/ZooKeeper.java"/> <include
> name="org/apache/zookeeper/server/LogFormatter.java"/> <include
> name="org/apache/zookeeper/server/SnapshotFormatter.java"/> <include
> name="org/apache/zookeeper/server/PurgeTxnLog.java"/> <exclude
> name="org/apache/zookeeper/server/quorum/QuorumPacket"/> </fileset>
> <packageset dir="${src_generated.dir}"> <exclude
> name="org/apache/zookeeper/proto"/> <exclude
> name="org/apache/zookeeper/txn"/> <exclude
> name="org/apache/zookeeper/version"/> <exclude
> name="org/apache/zookeeper/server/**"/> </packageset> <link
> href="${javadoc.link.java}"/> <classpath> <fileset
> dir="${build.dir}/classes"> <include name="**/*.class"/>
> </fileset> <fileset dir="${basedir}">
> <include name="${jar.name}"/> </fileset> <path
> refid="java.classpath"/> </classpath> </javadoc>
> produces this error:
> /ZOOKEE~1/build.xml:760: Javadoc failed: java.io.IOException: Cannotrun
> program "/Java/jdk1.8/bin/javadoc.exe": CreateProcess error=206, The filename
> or extension is too long at java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(Unknown
> Source) at java.lang.Runtime.exec(Unknown Source) at
> org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.launcher.Java13CommandLauncher.exec(Java13CommandLauncher.java:41)
> at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Execute.launch(Execute.java:428)
> at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Execute.execute(Execute.java:442)
> at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Javadoc.execute(Javadoc.java:1785) at
> org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.execute(UnknownElement.java:292)
> at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor4.invoke(Unknown Source) at
> sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at
> java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) at
> org.apache.tools.ant.dispatch.DispatchUtils.execute(DispatchUtils.java:106)
> at org.apache.tools.ant.Task.perform(Task.java:348) at
> org.apache.tools.ant.Target.execute(Target.java:435) at
> org.apache.tools.ant.Target.performTasks(Target.java:456) at
> org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeSortedTargets(Project.java:1393)
> at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTarget(Project.java:1364) at
> org.apache.tools.ant.helper.DefaultExecutor.executeTargets(DefaultExecutor.java:41)
> at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTargets(Project.java:1248)
> at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.runBuild(Main.java:851) at
> org.apache.tools.ant.Main.startAnt(Main.java:235) at
> org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher.run(Launcher.java:280) at
> org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:109)Caused by:
> java.io.IOException: CreateProcess error=206, The filename or extension is
> too long at java.lang.ProcessImpl.create(Native Method) at
> java.lang.ProcessImpl.<init>(Unknown Source) at
> java.lang.ProcessImpl.start(Unknown Source) ... 22 more
> Total time: 12 seconds
> what am I doing wrong ?
> thanks,
> Martin
> ______________________________________________
>
>
>
