Hi, how can I fix the issue where the class name is not picked up in a multi module project? Is it p...

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[Jane Lee]

Hi, how can I fix the issue where the class name is not picked up in a multi module project? Is it possible to just print the class name without linking to it?
<Error class: unknown class>

[Jane Lee]

Also, if i can't simply print the class name is there a way to link between modules? (I'm using the CLI approach also)

[Oleg Yukhnevich]

Hey!
could you please describe a bit more on what is the issue? Does Dokka can't resolve class from another module? or from dependency?

Is it possible to just print the class name without linking to it?

Unfortunately, no

[Jane Lee]

Hi @Oleg Yukhnevich 🙂 I have a multi module set up using the CLI, and some of the classes are from parts of the codebase that are not documented by dokka, this error comes up during the dokka generation of a module I am documenting. An example is below. I don't necessarily want to include all of these classes in our documentation right now, but also don't want this string to display in the class that I am documenting. What are the options here? Thanks for getting back to me too!

[Oleg Yukhnevich]

Hm, probably you should be able to achieve this by providing those parts of the codebase that are not documented by dokka via classpath property in source set configuration, only jars (or klibs in kmp) are supported there
In this case, those Error class errors should be resolved to just plain names, but no links will be generated - so looks like there is a possibility in the end in this case 🙂

[Jane Lee]

Sorry it was a stat holiday here yesterday 🙂 if classpaths only support jars though how would I add certain classes/folders to it?

[Oleg Yukhnevich]

yeah, classpath accepts only jars, so they should be built

Another, probably a bit more complex and strange alternative is to provide sources (folders/classes) from other module into both sourceRoots and suppressedFiles - In this case, Dokka will analyze those additional sources (and so should resolve those class name), but it should not generate documentation for them

[Jane Lee]

Thanks I can try that! Is there any plan on the roadmap to allow an option to just print the classname instead of the error message?

[Oleg Yukhnevich]

There is an issue for this: https://github.com/Kotlin/dokka/issues/503
But no plans to implement this right now

[Jane Lee]

No problem, thanks for the help I appreciate it 🙂