<According> to <@UH6ATH2AJ> &gt; `withJavadocJar()` packs the output of the `javadoc` task, so you c...

# dokka

[elect]

According to @Kamil Doległo

withJavadocJar() packs the output of the javadoc task, so you can override this task and run dokka inside

How may I do that?

[Kamil Doległo]

If you ask about creating a withJavadocJar() for Kotlin Plugin then it’s not possible right now, I presume, as they would have to have a dependency on Dokka.
If you just want to create a task, then here you go:

register<Jar>("javadocJar") {
    dependsOn(dokkaHtml)
    archiveClassifier.set("javadoc")
    from(dokkaOutputDir)
}

[elect]

cant dokka then offer it directly?

[elect]

also, dokkaOutputDir is undefined

[Kamil Doległo]

We probably could, but this may lead to some frustrating issues, eg. same task is used for Java’s javadoc and dokkaHtml generation, which would probably fail or produce just garbage with overwriting one documentation with another etc.

Yeah, you have to define that yourself. I’d propose also configuring it in the dokkaHtml to have it pointed exactly at the same directory

[Lukas K-G]

I used the following and it works like a charm:

task androidJavadocsJar(type: Jar, dependsOn: dokkaJavadoc) {
    archiveClassifier.set("javadoc")
    from(dokkaJavadoc.outputDirectory)
}