UMLgraph and Maven

Just a quick note on how to setup UML Graph in Maven.

{plugin}
  {groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins{/groupId}
  {artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin{/artifactId}
  {configuration}
    {excludePackageNames>com.comp.proj.internal.stuf{/excludePackageNames}
    {doclet>org.umlgraph.doclet.UmlGraphDoc{/doclet}
    {docletArtifact}
      {groupId>org.umlgraph{/groupId}
      {artifactId>doclet{/artifactId}
      {version>5.1{/version}
    {/docletArtifact}
    {additionalparam>-attributes -enumconstants -enumerations -operations -types -visibility -inferrel -inferdep -hide java.*{/additionalparam}
    {destDir>withUML{/destDir}
    {show>public{/show}
  {/configuration}
{/plugin}

The only trick is that all the additional parameters must be set on one line ! This doesn't appear in the documentation nor on the web. Quite the contrary, I found a lot of bad examples on the web !

This POM configuration simply works great. I noticed a new UMLGraph version 5.2. I didn't try but it should work also.

There is a tiny example in the Maven documentation about Using Alternate Doclet.

There is a dead project to create a plugin for Maven: DotUML. No updates since 2007.