Why am I getting a ClassCastException when generating javadocs?

java ant javadoc classcastexception

2022-08-31 19:37:23

I'm using ant to generate javadocs, but get this exception over and over - why?

I'm using JDK version 1.6.0_06.

[javadoc] java.lang.ClassCastException: com.sun.tools.javadoc.ClassDocImpl cannot be cast to com.sun.javadoc.AnnotationTypeDoc
  [javadoc]     at com.sun.tools.javadoc.AnnotationDescImpl.annotationType(AnnotationDescImpl.java:46)
  [javadoc]     at com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.html.HtmlDocletWriter.getAnnotations(HtmlDocletWriter.java:1739)
  [javadoc]     at com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.html.HtmlDocletWriter.writeAnnotationInfo(HtmlDocletWriter.java:1713)
  [javadoc]     at com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.html.HtmlDocletWriter.writeAnnotationInfo(HtmlDocletWriter.java:1702)
  [javadoc]     at com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.html.HtmlDocletWriter.writeAnnotationInfo(HtmlDocletWriter.java:1681)
  [javadoc]     at com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.html.FieldWriterImpl.writeSignature(FieldWriterImpl.java:130)
  [javadoc]     at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.FieldBuilder.buildSignature(FieldBuilder.java:184)
  [javadoc]     at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor8.invoke(Unknown Source)
  [javadoc]     at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
  [javadoc]     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
  [javadoc]     at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.FieldBuilder.invokeMethod(FieldBuilder.java:114)
  [javadoc]     at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.AbstractBuilder.build(AbstractBuilder.java:90)
  [javadoc]     at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.AbstractMemberBuilder.build(AbstractMemberBuilder.java:56)
  [javadoc]     at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.FieldBuilder.buildFieldDoc(FieldBuilder.java:158)
  [javadoc]     at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor51.invoke(Unknown Source)
  [javadoc]     at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
  [javadoc]     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
  [javadoc]     at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.FieldBuilder.invokeMethod(FieldBuilder.java:114)
  [javadoc]     at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.AbstractBuilder.build(AbstractBuilder.java:90)
  [javadoc]     at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.AbstractMemberBuilder.build(AbstractMemberBuilder.java:56)
  [javadoc]     at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.ClassBuilder.buildFieldDetails(ClassBuilder.java:301)
  [javadoc]     at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor43.invoke(Unknown Source)
  [javadoc]     at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
  [javadoc]     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
  [javadoc]     at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.ClassBuilder.invokeMethod(ClassBuilder.java:101)
  [javadoc]     at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.AbstractBuilder.build(AbstractBuilder.java:90)
  [javadoc]     at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.ClassBuilder.buildClassDoc(ClassBuilder.java:124)
  [javadoc]     at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor19.invoke(Unknown Source)
  [javadoc]     at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
  [javadoc]     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
  [javadoc]     at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.ClassBuilder.invokeMethod(ClassBuilder.java:101)
  [javadoc]     at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.AbstractBuilder.build(AbstractBuilder.java:90)
  [javadoc]     at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.ClassBuilder.build(ClassBuilder.java:108)
  [javadoc]     at com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.html.HtmlDoclet.generateClassFiles(HtmlDoclet.java:155)
  [javadoc]     at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.AbstractDoclet.generateClassFiles(AbstractDoclet.java:164)
  [javadoc]     at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.AbstractDoclet.startGeneration(AbstractDoclet.java:106)
  [javadoc]     at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.AbstractDoclet.start(AbstractDoclet.java:64)
  [javadoc]     at com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.html.HtmlDoclet.start(HtmlDoclet.java:42)
  [javadoc]     at com.sun.tools.doclets.standard.Standard.start(Standard.java:23)
  [javadoc]     at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
  [javadoc]     at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
  [javadoc]     at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
  [javadoc]     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
  [javadoc]     at com.sun.tools.javadoc.DocletInvoker.invoke(DocletInvoker.java:215)
  [javadoc]     at com.sun.tools.javadoc.DocletInvoker.start(DocletInvoker.java:91)
  [javadoc]     at com.sun.tools.javadoc.Start.parseAndExecute(Start.java:340)
  [javadoc]     at com.sun.tools.javadoc.Start.begin(Start.java:128)
  [javadoc]     at com.sun.tools.javadoc.Main.execute(Main.java:41)
  [javadoc]     at com.sun.tools.javadoc.Main.main(Main.java:31)

答案 1

It looks like this has been reported as a Java bug. It appears to be caused by using annotations from a 3rd party library (like JUnit) and not including the jar with that annotation in the javadoc invocation.

If that is the case, just use the -classpath option on javadoc and include the extra jar files.

答案 2

I have some idea regarding this problem but this not exact solution to get.

If you give single comment line before annotation and try to run the javadoc once again. This problem will solve//

Eg: filesample.java

@ChannelPipeline

Makes changes in

//@ChannelPipeline

Try to run javadoc command once again. Now won't occur.ClassCastException