MetadataGenerationRequest (Apache Maven Javadoc Plugin 3.1.1 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.codehaus.plexus.metadata.MetadataGenerationRequest

public class MetadataGenerationRequest
extends Object

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`File`	`classesDirectory`	Classes to examine for annotations which are used to generate component metadata.
`List<String>`	`classpath`	Supporting classpath required by class-based annotation processing.
`File`	`componentDescriptorDirectory`	Directory where existing component descriptors live.
`List<File>`	`componentDescriptors`	Existing component descriptors that need to be merged.
`List<String>`	`extractors`
`File`	`intermediaryFile`	Where existing component descriptors are merged.
`File`	`outputFile`	Output file for the final component descriptor.
`List<String>`	`sourceDirectories`	Source to examine for Javadoc annotions which are used to generate component metadata.
`String`	`sourceEncoding`	The character encoding of the source files, may be `null` or empty to use platform's default encoding.
`boolean`	`useContextClassLoader`	Flag to indicate using the context classloader for the supporting classpath required by annotation-based processing.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

MetadataGenerationRequest()

Method Summary
- Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
  clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Field Detail
  - sourceDirectories
```
public List<String> sourceDirectories
```
    Source to examine for Javadoc annotions which are used to generate component metadata.
  - sourceEncoding
```
public String sourceEncoding
```
    The character encoding of the source files, may be null or empty to use platform's default encoding.
  - classesDirectory
```
public File classesDirectory
```
    Classes to examine for annotations which are used to generate component metadata.
  - classpath
```
public List<String> classpath
```
    Supporting classpath required by class-based annotation processing.
  - useContextClassLoader
```
public boolean useContextClassLoader
```
    Flag to indicate using the context classloader for the supporting classpath required by annotation-based processing.
  - componentDescriptorDirectory
```
public File componentDescriptorDirectory
```
    Directory where existing component descriptors live.
  - componentDescriptors
```
public List<File> componentDescriptors
```
    Existing component descriptors that need to be merged.
  - intermediaryFile
```
public File intermediaryFile
```
    Where existing component descriptors are merged.
  - outputFile
```
public File outputFile
```
    Output file for the final component descriptor.
  - extractors
```
public List<String> extractors
```
- Constructor Detail
  - MetadataGenerationRequest
```
public MetadataGenerationRequest()
```