Ability to use Javadoc for documentation for generating OpenAPI specifications
To use this, make sure that JavadocPluginConfiguration is found by your spring context and add the execution of the javadoc doclet to your build process.
Maven example:
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.10.4</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>javadoc</goal>
</goals>
<phase>process-classes</phase>
<configuration>
<doclet>springfox.javadoc.doclet.SwaggerPropertiesDoclet</doclet>
<docletArtifact>
<groupId>io.springfox</groupId>
<artifactId>springfox-javadoc</artifactId>
<version>${springfox-javadoc.version}</version>
</docletArtifact>
<additionalparam>
-classdir ${project.build.outputDirectory}
</additionalparam>
<sourcepath>${project.build.sourceDirectory}</sourcepath>
<subpackages>your.rest.service.package</subpackages>
<useStandardDocletOptions>false</useStandardDocletOptions>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>