Why am I getting a ClassCastException when generating javadocs?

Question

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.lan         


        

Answer 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.