Re: Generating Java docs into a custom directory

I tried Reposilite as an alternative to Nexus but the interface is so flaky
in comparison. Is there nothing else out for free that just works?
Delany

On Mon, 9 Jun 2025 at 13:22, w f <[email protected]> wrote:

> I want(ed) to do this because I want(ed) the generated docs to be readily
> available for viewing.
> As for getting myself in trouble ... you are most assuredly right!
> Risks aside, no matter what I tried, Maven wouldn't comply. So I came up
> with my own solution.
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> I stood up a Reposilite Maven repository on one of my VPSs.
> All my private libraries get deployed there.
> I created a service to periodically monitor the repository for any/all
> JavDoc JARs.
> The service then creates some directories in /var/www/html/.... to match
> the JARs.
> Then the service uses fuse-zip to mount each JAR to its respective
> directory.
> It then updates a template web page to have accurate links.
> Voila!
>
> This gives me an off-site location for my libraries, quick access to
> as-accurate-as-possible docs, and a convenient URL to access them.
>
> I could have added an entry in .gitignore so that the JavaDoc JAR would
> get pushed to GitHub but not all my projects are on GitHub.
>
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> On Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 01:54:26 PM EDT, Michael Osipov <
> [email protected]> wrote:
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> On 2025/04/22 21:47:03 w f wrote:
> > I'm trying to send my generated Java docs to a custom directory.
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> Why do you need this? You are getting yourself in trouble because other
> tools expect a specific location for the Javadoc output.
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> M
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