JDK8 has issues with HTML tags in javadoc : and [ERROR] Exit code: 1 - /Users/devwebcl/development/workspace-java/ehcache-jcache/ehcache-jcache/src/main/java/org/ehcache/jcache/JCacheCachingProvider.java:39: error: self-closing element not allowed 38: * A JSR107 adapter for EHCache. 39: * More details at: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26049329/javadoc-in-jdk-8-invalid-self-closing-element-not-allowed This workaround can be applied to Maven as well (pom.xml):
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