Source code and Javadoc for maven download dependencies

Maven downloads only the jar file of the dependency itself, not the source code and Javadoc. So while the volume of the project is minimal, when developers are unfamiliar with dependent objects, they need to look up the method definitions and descriptions in the source code.

At this point we need to download the source code and Javadoc to the local repository using a Maven command.

Code Listing

$ mvn dependency:sources-ddownloadsources=true -ddownloadjavadocs=true

The command has a total of two parameters, the former download the source code, the latter download Javadoc.

Source code and Javadoc for maven download dependencies