bld Extension to Generate API Documentation with Dokka for Kotlin

To install, please refer to the extensions and support documentation.

Generate API Documentation

To generate a project's documentation in various formats:

@BuildCommand(value = "dokka-gfm", summary = "Generates documentation in GitHub flavored markdown format")
public void dokkaGfm() throws ExitStatusException, IOException, InterruptedException {
    new DokkaOperation()
            .fromProject(this)
            .loggingLevel(LoggingLevel.INFO)
            // Create build/dokka/gfm 
            .outputDir(Path.of(buildDirectory().getAbsolutePath(), "dokka", "gfm").toFile())
            .outputFormat(OutputFormat.MARKDOWN)
            .execute();
}

@BuildCommand(value = "dokka-html", summary = "Generates documentation in HTML format")
public void dokkaHtml() throws ExitStatusException, IOException, InterruptedException {
    new DokkaOperation()
            .fromProject(this)
            .loggingLevel(LoggingLevel.INFO)
            // Create build/dokka/html
            .outputDir(Path.of(buildDirectory().getAbsolutePath(), "dokka", "html").toFile())
            .outputFormat(OutputFormat.HTML)
            .execute();
}

@BuildCommand(value = "dokka-jekyll", summary = "Generates documentation in Jekyll flavored markdown format")
public void dokkaJekyll() throws ExitStatusException, IOException, InterruptedException {
    new DokkaOperation()
            .fromProject(this)
            .loggingLevel(LoggingLevel.INFO)
            // Create build/dokka/jekyll
            .outputDir(Path.of(buildDirectory().getAbsolutePath(), "dokka", "jekkyl").toFile())
            .outputFormat(OutputFormat.JEKYLL)
            .execute();
}

@BuildCommand(summary = "Generates Javadoc for the project")
@Override
public void javadoc() throws ExitStatusException, IOException, InterruptedException {
    new DokkaOperation()
            .fromProject(this)
            .failOnWarning(true)
            .loggingLevel(LoggingLevel.INFO)
            // Create build/javadoc
            .outputDir(new File(buildDirectory(), "javadoc"))
            .outputFormat(OutputFormat.JAVADOC)
            .execute();
}

./bld javadoc
./bld dokka-html
./bld dokka-gfm
./bld dokka-jekyll

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Please check the Dokka Operation documentation for all available configuration options.

Template Project

There is also a Kotlin Template Project with support for Dokka and the Detekt extensions.