I am using javadoc to generate my documentation. I have my own classes, and two external jars:
- json simple, where I have the source and could generate javadocs
- a proprietary library, where i have no chance to get the source or docs.
When I run the javadoc tool, I get multiple errors:
- "package [...] does not exist" whenever I import a class of the external libraries.
- "cannot find symbol [...]" whenever I use a class of the external libraries.
This is of course correct, as javadoc has no idea where to find sources or docs for these classes.
But, I do not want these messages to show, as I want to be able to recognize at first glance, if everything worked as intended. Right now, I have to look through hundred lines of "known errors" to find any other errors or warnings.
I do not want to fix the errors, but suppress them.
How can I achieve that?
I found the solution to my problem. I just needed to add the external libraries to the classpath, as described here:
Javadoc Documentation: classpath
Example: -classpath D:/folder/lib.jar