Maven javadoc build failes when using JDK 11

[rumline]

Describe the bug
Uninstall JDK 1.8. Install JDK 11.0.7. Perform a "maven package" or "maven install". Javadoc build fails.

Found fix
Add:
<configuration> <source>8</source> </configuration>

To the <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId> section of the pom.xml file.

Project now builds successfully using JDK 11.

Plugin:
Version 0.7.4

[castorm]

Thanks for reporting this @rumline .

This one is already fixed, but feel free to submit the PR yourself in the future if you take the time to fix it. Contributions are welcome.

Best regards.

[martimors]

Unfortunately I am still facing this issue on JDK 11.0.11, which is the current default in Ubuntu 20.04. Using <configuration> <source>11</source> </configuration> fixed it, but I guess that breaks it for Java 8 users. Would it be possible to just take the major JDK version instead of the complete version? Not familiar with the syntax used so unfortunately I cannot create a PR just off the bat here :/