How to ignore Maven build erros due to JavaDoc with Java 8

Java 8 is a bit more strict in JavaDoc parsing. This can lead to build failures in Maven when building the repo with warnings like:

Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-javadoc-plugin:2.7:jar (attach-javadocs) on project [projectname]: MavenReportException: Error while creating archive:
Exit code: 1 - [path-to-file]:[linenumber]: warning: no description for @param

Sure, the good solution would be to fix the JavaDocs. But in cases where you just clone a foreign repo, you probably just want to get it run and not start fixing it.

To ignore the erros, just turn off doclint by adding the following <configuration> tag to your pom.xml:

<plugin>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>2.10.2</version>
    <executions>
        <execution>
            <id>attach-javadocs</id>
            <goals>
                <goal>jar</goal>
            </goals>
            <configuration> <!-- add this to disable checking -->
                <additionalparam>-Xdoclint:none</additionalparam>
            </configuration>
        </execution>
    </executions>
</plugin>

Some more solutions can be found in this StackOverflow thread.