How to download sources and javadoc artifacts with Maven Eclipse plugin from other repository?

Question

I have spring framework dependencies in my Maven project. I want to attach the Javadoc for spring framework dependencies.

I added to pom.xml following lines

<repositories>
    <repository>
        <id>springsource-repo</id>
        <name>SpringSource Repository</name>
        <url>http://repo.springsource.org/release</url>
    </repository>
</repositories>

<build>
<plugins>
    ...
    <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-eclipse-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>2.9</version>
        <configuration>
            <downloadSources>true</downloadSources>
            <downloadJavadocs>true</downloadJavadocs>
        </configuration>
    </plugin>
</plugins>
</build>

I have installed m2eclipse and I also checked option Download Artifact Sources/Javadoc in settings.

When I run mvn eclipse:eclipse, it doesn't show any warnings. But javadoc .jar files aren't downloaded.

The configuration you set should work. But if you first tried without having a repository that provides the artifacts, eclipse plugin will keep a cache of non-available artifacts. Just launch a eclipse:remove-cache to be sure it is not the case here. — Tome, Jun 13 '13 at 12:21
Are you working with m2e in Eclipse? Which Version of Eclipse? — khmarbaise, Jun 13 '13 at 12:30
@Tome Your suggest with option `eclipse:remove-cache` helped me. But there was other issue, javadoc for spring version `3.0.2` wasn't on the repository server. So after removing cache I saw this issue and changed version to `3.2.0` and run eclipse:eclipse again. And it works! — misco, Jun 13 '13 at 13:28

score 30 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 13 '13 at 12:30

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In Eclipse goto Windows->preferences->Maven and there you check the box with download sources and may be download javadoc as well. That should do the trick.

answered Jun 13 '13 at 12:30

khmarbaise

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Try to select a class from Spring Framework. Don't use mvn eclipse:eclipse if you are using m2e. – khmarbaise Jun 13 '13 at 13:25
When I'm using m2e, are jars downloaded automatically? – misco Jun 13 '13 at 13:29
Yes the were. Which Eclipse version do you use? – khmarbaise Jun 13 '13 at 13:46

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 19 '14 at 07:48

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You can download from this location http://repo.spring.io/libs-release/org/springframework/spring/

answered Jul 19 '14 at 07:48

Rohitdev

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 02 '20 at 14:43

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With a Maven project, simply run in the command line:

mvn dependency:sources

answered Jan 02 '20 at 14:43

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How to download sources and javadoc artifacts with Maven Eclipse plugin from other repository?

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