JavadocViewerService

Preface

This project Spring Boot web service that automatically fetches, manages, and serves Javadoc documentation for Maven artifacts.

If you encounter any bugs or find missing features, feel free to report them on the GitHub Issues page.

Features

Retrieves Javadoc JARs from Maven Central or custom Maven repositories
Tracks multiple Maven artefacts with version detection (only the latest version is taken into account).
Delivers generated Javadoc content via a simple bootstrap web interface
Scheduled updates via a configurable cron expression

Requirements

At least JRE-21 or docker

Start

Packages can be found at Gitea Packages.

... with Java

java -jar jdvc-<version>.jar --spring.config.import=file:./jdvs.yml

.. with Docker

services:
  jvs-dockerized:
    image: git.mein-gateway.de/thischwa/javadocviewerservice:develop
    volumes:
      - /opt/javadocviewerservice-dockerized/jdvs.yml:/app/jdvs.yml:ro
      - /opt/javadocviewerservice-dockerized/database:/app/database
      - /opt/javadocviewerservice-dockerized/javadoc-storage:/app/javadoc-storage
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "127.0.0.1:8086:8080"

Volume mapping:

Mount	Purpose
`jdvs.yml:/app/jdvs.yml:ro`	Injects the repository configuration (which artifacts to track) as read-only — the only file you need to edit
`database:/app/database`	Persists the H2 database so tracked version metadata survives restarts and image updates
`javadoc-storage:/app/javadoc-storage`	Persists generated Javadoc HTML so it is not lost on container recreation

Configuration

`application.yml`

Key defaults:

Property	Default	Description
`jdvs.base-dir`	`./javadoc-storage`	Storage root for generated Javadoc
`jdvs.cron`	`0 0/30 * * * ?`	Update schedule (every 30 min)
`jdvs.clean-on-start`	`false`	Wipe storage and DB on startup
`jdvs.run-on-start`	`false`	Run update immediately on startup
`jdvs.maven-central-url`	`https://repo1.maven.org/maven2`	Default Maven repository

`jdvs.yml`

Defines the repositories to track and individual settings (all key defaults can be overridden):

jdvs:
  repositories:
    - name: my-lib
      group-id: com.example
      artifact-id: my-lib
      # maven-repo-url: https://custom.repo/maven  # optional, defaults to Maven Central