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  • Reproduce the reported footer rendering issue in generated site output
  • Identify minimal compatible skin/source change for Maven Site Plugin 4.x
  • Apply surgical fix in site source/configuration
  • Re-run targeted site generation/validation commands
  • Capture UI screenshot of the fixed site footer
  • Run final validation and reply to new PR comments with commit hash
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Update HtmlUnit/htmlunit Maven site generation for JDK 17 by migrating to the latest supported maven-site-plugin.

Context:

  • The project uses the Maven Site Plugin to generate its site/docs.
  • The codebase is now on JDK 17 and we want to ensure site generation works on JDK 17.

Tasks:

  1. Verify whether the latest Maven Site Plugin supports running under JDK 17.

    • Check current plugin version used in the repo (likely in root pom.xml or a parent/build section).
    • Check compatibility notes/release notes as needed (within the repo or plugin docs referenced by the build).
  2. If the latest Maven Site Plugin supports JDK 17, migrate the build configuration to use the latest version.

    • Update the plugin version declaration (pluginManagement/build/plugins as appropriate).
    • Update any related site plugins that commonly need to be aligned (e.g., maven-project-info-reports-plugin, maven-jxr-plugin, maven-surefire-report-plugin, maven-changes-plugin, maven-pmd-plugin, maven-checkstyle-plugin, maven-javadoc-plugin used for reports) only as required to keep the site build working on JDK 17.
    • Ensure mvn -DskipTests site (or the repo’s documented equivalent) works on JDK 17.
    • Fix any build/site warnings or failures introduced by the version bump.
  3. If anything is missing or outdated in agent.md regarding site generation, update it.

    • Add/adjust commands for generating the site on JDK 17.
    • Document any required Maven profiles, settings, or prerequisites.

Deliverables:

  • A PR updating Maven configuration to the latest JDK 17-compatible Maven Site Plugin.
  • Any necessary accompanying plugin/report updates to keep site generation functional.
  • Updated agent.md documentation about site generation.

Acceptance criteria:

  • Site generation succeeds on JDK 17 using the updated plugin version.
  • agent.md accurately documents how to generate the site in this repository.
  • Changes are minimal and focused; no unrelated refactors.

The following is the prior conversation context from the user's chat exploration (may be truncated):

User: find all classes in this repo not having the '@author Ronald Brill' tag

Assistant: These are classes in HtmlUnit/htmlunit that have an @author tag, but do not have @author Ronald Brill (from code search results).

Matches found (may be incomplete):

  • src/main/java/org/htmlunit/svg/SvgUse.java (has @author Ahmed Ashour)
    /*
    * Copyright (c) 2002-2026 Gargoyle Software Inc.
    *
    * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
    * You may obtain a copy of the License at
    * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
    *
    * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
    * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
    * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
    * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
    * limitations under the License.
    */
    package org.htmlunit.svg;
    import java.util.Map;
    import org.htmlunit.SgmlPage;
    import org.htmlunit.html.DomAttr;
    /**
    * Wrapper for the SVG element {@code use}.
    *
    * @author Ahmed Ashour
    */
    public class SvgUse extends SvgElement {
    /** The tag represented by this element. */
    public static final String TAG_NAME = "use";
    /**
    * Creates a new instance.
    *
    * @param namespaceURI the URI that identifies an XML namespace
    * @param qualifiedName the qualified name of the element type to instantiate
    * @param page the page that contains this element
    * @param attributes the initial attributes
    */
    SvgUse(final String namespaceURI, final String qualifiedName, final SgmlPage page,
    final Map<String, DomAttr> attributes) {
    super(namespaceURI, qualifiedName, page, attributes);
    }
    }
  • src/main/java/org/htmlunit/svg/SvgFeFuncB.java (has @author Ahmed Ashour)
    /*
    * Copyright (c) 2002-2026 Gargoyle Software Inc.
    *
    * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
    * You may obtain a copy of the License at
    * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
    *
    * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
    * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
    * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
    * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
    * limitations under the License.
    */
    package org.htmlunit.svg;
    import java.util.Map;
    import org.htmlunit.SgmlPage;
    import org.htmlunit.html.DomAttr;
    /**
    * Wrapper for the SVG element {@code feFuncB}.
    *
    * @author Ahmed Ashour
    */
    public class SvgFeFuncB extends SvgElement {
    /** The tag represented by this element. */
    public static final String TAG_NAME = "feFuncB";
    /**
    * Creates a new instance.
    *
    * @param namespaceURI the URI that identifies an XML namespace
    * @param qualifiedName the qualified name of the element type to instantiate
    * @param page the page that contains this element
    * @param attributes the initial attributes
    */
    SvgFeFuncB(final String namespaceURI, final String qualifiedName, final SgmlPage page,
    final Map<String, DomAttr> attributes) {
    super(namespaceURI, qualifiedName, page, attributes);
    }
    }
  • src/main/java/org/htmlunit/html/HtmlTableHeaderCell.java (has multiple @author tags, none are Ronald Brill)
    /*
    * Copyright (c) 2002-2026 Gargoyle Software Inc.
    *
    * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
    * You may obtain a copy of the License at
    * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
    *
    * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
    * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
    * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
    * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
    * limitations under the License.
    */
    package org.htmlunit.html;
    import java.util.Map;
    import org.htmlunit.SgmlPage;
    /**
    * Wrapper for the HTML "th" tag.
    *
    * @author Mike Bowler
    * @author David K. Taylor
    * @author Christian Sell
    * @author Ahmed Ashour
    * @author Frank Danek
    */
    public class HtmlTableHeaderCell extends HtmlTableCell {
    /** The HTML tag represented by this element. */
    public static final String TAG_NAME = "th";
    /**
    * Creates an instance.
    *
    * @param qualifiedName the qualified name of the element type to instantiate
    * @param page the page that this element is contained within
    * @param attributes the initial attributes
    */
    HtmlTableHeaderCell(final String qualifiedName, final SgmlPage page,
    final Map<String, DomAttr> attributes) {
    super(qualifiedName, page, attributes);
    }
    /**
    * Returns the value of the attribute {@code abbr}. Refer to the
    * <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/">HTML 4.01</a>
    * documentation for details on the use of this attribute.
    *
    * @return the value of the attribute {@code abbr}
    * or an empty string if that attribute isn't defined.
    */
    public final String getAbbrAttribute() {
    return getAttributeDirect("abbr");
    }
    /**
    * Returns the value of the attribute {@code axis}. Refer to the
    * <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/">HTML 4.01</a>
    * documentation for details on the use of this attribute.
    *
    * @return the value of the attribute {@code axis}
    * or an empty string if that attribute isn't defined.
    */
    public final String getAxisAttribute() {
    return getAttributeDirect("axis");
    }
    /**
    * Returns the value of the attribute {@code headers}. Refer to the
    * <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/">HTML 4.01</a>
    * documentation for details on the use of this attribute.
    *
    * @return the value of the attribute {@code headers}
    * or an empty string if that attribute isn't defined.
    */
    public final String getHeadersAttribute() {
    return getAttributeDirect("headers");
    }
    /**
    * Returns the value of the attribute {@code scope}. Refer to the
    * <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/">HTML 4.01</a>
    * documentation for details on the use of this attribute.
    *
    * @return the value of the attribute {@code scope}
    * or an empty string if that attribute isn't defined.
    */
    public final String getScopeAttribute() {
    return getAttributeDirect("scope");
    }
    /**
  • src/main/java/org/htmlunit/svg/SvgFeImage.java (has @author Ahmed Ashour)
    /*
    * Copyright (c) 2002-2026 Gargoyle Software Inc.
    *
    * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
    * You may obtain a copy of the License at
    * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
    *
    * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
    * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
    * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
    * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
    * limitations under the License.
    */
    package org.htmlunit.svg;
    import java.util.Map;
    import org.htmlunit.SgmlPage;
    import org.htmlunit.html.DomAttr;
    /**
    * Wrapper for the SVG element {@code feImage}.
    *
    * @author Ahmed Ashour
    */
    public class SvgFeImage extends SvgElement {
    /** The tag represented by this element. */
    public static final String TAG_NAME = "feImage";
    /**
    * Creates a new instance.
    *
    * @param namespaceURI the URI that identifies an XML namespace
    * @param qualifiedName the qualified name of the element type to instantiate
    * @param page the page that contains this element
    * @param attributes the initial attributes
    */
    SvgFeImage(final String namespaceURI, final String qualifiedName, final SgmlPage page,
    final Map<String, DomAttr> attributes) {
    super(namespaceURI, qualifiedName, page, attributes);
    }
    }
  • src/main/java/org/htmlunit/svg/SvgFeDiffuseLighting.java (has @author Ahmed Ashour)
    /*
    * Copyright (c) 2002-2026 Gargoyle Software Inc.
    *
    * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
    * You may obtain a copy of the License at
    * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
    *
    * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
    * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
    * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
    * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
    * limitations under the License.
    */
    package org.htmlunit.svg;
    import java.util.Map;
    import org.htmlunit.SgmlPage;
    import org.htmlunit.html.DomAttr;
    /**
    * Wrapper for the SVG element {@code feDiffuseLighting}.
    *
    * @author Ahmed Ashour
    */
    public class SvgFeDiffuseLighting extends SvgElement {
    /** The tag represented by this element. */
    public static final String TAG_NAME = "feDiffuseLighting";
    /**
    * Creates a new instance.
    *
    * @param namespaceURI the URI that identifies an XML namespace
    * @param qualifiedName the qualified name of the element type to instantiate
    * @param page the page that contains this element
    * @param attributes the initial attributes
    */
    SvgFeDiffuseLighting(final String namespaceURI, final String qualifiedName, final SgmlPage page,
    final Map<String, DomAttr> attributes) {
    super(namespaceURI, qualifiedName, page, attributes);
    }
    }
  • src/main/java/org/htmlunit/svg/SvgFilter.java (has @author Ahmed Ashour)
    /*
    * Copyright (c) 2002-2026 Gargoyle Software Inc.
    *
    * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
    * You may obtain a copy of the License at
    * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
    *
    * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
    * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
    * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
    * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
    * limitations under the License.
    */
    package org.htmlunit.svg;
    import java.util.Map;
    import org.htmlunit.SgmlPage;
    import org.htmlunit.html.DomAttr;
    /**
    * Wrapper for the SVG element {@code filter}.
    *
    * @author Ahmed Ashour
    */
    public class SvgFilter extends SvgElement {
    /** The tag represented by this element. */
    public static final String TAG_NAME = "filter";
    /**
    * Creates a new instance.
    *
    * @param namespaceURI the URI that identifies an XML namespace
    * @param qualifiedName the qualified name of the element type to instantiate
    * @param page the page that contains this element
    * @param attributes the initial attributes
    */
    SvgFilter(final String namespaceURI, final String qualifiedName, final SgmlPage page,
    final Map<String, DomAttr> attributes) {
    super(namespaceURI, qualifiedName, page, attributes);
    }
    }
  • src/main/java/org/htmlunit/svg/SvgLine.java (has @author Ahmed Ashour)
    /*
    * Copyright (c) 2002-2026 Gargoyle Software Inc.
    *
    * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
    * You may obtain a copy of the License at
    * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
    *
    * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
    * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
    * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
    * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
    * limitations under the License.
    */
    package org.htmlunit.svg;
    import java.util.Map;
    import org.htmlunit.SgmlPage;
    import org.htmlunit.html.DomAttr;
    /**
    * Wrapper for the SVG element {@code line}.
    *
    * @author Ahmed Ashour
    */
    public class SvgLine extends SvgElement {
    /** The tag represented by this element. */
    public static final String TAG_NAME = "line";
    /**
    * Creates a new instance.
    *
    * @param namespaceURI the URI that identifies an XML namespace
    * @param qualifiedName the qualified name of the element type to instantiate
    * @param page the page that contains this element
    * @param attributes the initial attributes
    */
    SvgLine(final String namespaceURI, final String qualifiedName, final SgmlPage page,
    final Map<String, DomAttr> attributes) {
    super(namespaceURI, qualifiedName, page, attributes);
    }
    }
  • src/main/java/org/htmlunit/html/SiblingDomNodeList.java (has @author Tom Anderson)
    /*
    * Copyright (c) 2002-2026 Gargoyle Software Inc.
    *
    * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
    * You may obtain a copy of the License at
    * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
    *
    * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
    * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
    * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
    * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
    * limitations under the License.
    */
    package org.htmlunit.html;
    import java.util.AbstractSequentialList;
    import java.util.ListIterator;
    import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
    import org.w3c.dom.Node;
    /**
    * An implementation of DomNodeList that is much less expensive for iteration.
    *
    * @author Tom Anderson
    */
    class SiblingDomNodeList extends AbstractSequentialList<DomNode> implements DomNodeList<DomNode> {
    private final DomNode parent_;
    SiblingDomNodeList(final DomNode parent) {
    super();
    parent_ = parent;
    }
    /**
    * {@inheritDoc}
    */
    @Override
    public int getLength() {
    int length = 0;
    for (DomNode node = parent_.getFirstChild(); node != null; node = node.getNextSibling()) {
    length++;
    }
    return length;
    }
    /**
    * {@inheritDoc}
    */
    @Override
    public int size() {
    return getLength();
    }
    /**
    * {@inheritDoc}
    */
    @Override
    public Node item(final int index) {
    return get(index);
    }
    /**
    * {@inheritDoc}
    */
    @Override
    public DomNode get(final int index) {
    int i = 0;
    for (DomNode node = parent_.getFirstChild(); node != null; node = node.getNextSibling()) {
    if (i == index) {
    return node;
    }
    i++;
    }
    return null;
    }
    /**
    * {@inheritDoc}
    */
    @Override
    public ListIterator<DomNode> listIterator(final int index) {
    return new SiblingListIterator(index);
    }
    /**
    * {@inheritDoc}
    */
    @Override
    public String toString() {
    return "SiblingDomNodeList[" + parent_ + "]";
    }
    private class SiblingListIterator implements ListIterator<DomNode> {
    private DomNode prev_;
    private DomNode next_;
    private int nextIndex_;
    SiblingListIterator(final int index) {
    next_ = parent_.getFirstChild();
    nextIndex_ = 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < index; i++) {
    next();
    }
    }
    /**
    * {@inheritDoc}
    */
    @Override
    public boolean hasNext() {
    return next_ != null;
    }
    /**
    * {@inheritDoc}
    */
    @Override
    public DomNode next() {
    if (!hasNext()) {
    throw new NoSuchElementException();
    }
    prev_ = next_;
    next_ = next_.getNextSibling();
    nextIndex_++;
    return prev_;
    }
    /**
    * {@inheritDoc}
    */
    @Override
    public boolean hasPrevious() {
    return prev_ != null;
    }
    @Override
    public DomNode previous() {
    if (!hasPrevious()) {
    throw new NoSuchElementException();
    }
    next_ = prev_;
  • src/main/java/org/htmlunit/svg/SvgRect.java (has @author Ahmed Ashour)
    /*
    * Copyright (c) 2002-2026 Gargoyle Software Inc.
    *
    * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
    * You may obtain a copy of the License at
    * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
    *
    * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
    * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
    * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
    * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
    * limitations under the License.
    */
    package org.htmlunit.svg;
    import java.util.Map;
    import org.htmlunit.SgmlPage;
    import org.htmlunit.html.DomAttr;
    /**
    * Wrapper for the SVG element {@code rect}.
    *
    * @author Ahmed Ashour
    */
    public class SvgRect extends SvgElement {
    /** The tag represented by this element. */
    public static final String TAG_NAME = "rect";
    /**
    * Creates a new instance.
    *
    * @param namespaceURI the URI that identifies an XML namespace
    * @param qualifiedName the qualified name of the element type to instantiate
    * @param page the page that contains this element
    * @param attributes the initial attributes
    */
    SvgRect(final String namespaceURI, final String qualifiedName, final SgmlPage page,
    final Map<String, DomAttr> attributes) {
    super(namespaceURI, qualifiedName, page, attributes);
    }
    }

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rbri commented Apr 19, 2026

@copilot as far as i know we have to update the site source also for the new plugin, ckeck

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@copilot as far as i know we have to update the site source also for the new plugin, ckeck

Done in dca26e0 (plus preceding commits in this series): I migrated src/site/site.xml to the SITE 2.0 descriptor model required by the newer site plugin (new schema root + bannerLeft syntax), kept the absolute image path, and fixed publish date formatting. mvn -N site:effective-site now parses the site descriptor cleanly on the updated plugin.

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  • central.sonatype.com
    • Triggering command: /usr/lib/jvm/temurin-17-jdk-amd64/bin/java /usr/lib/jvm/temurin-17-jdk-amd64/bin/java --enable-native-access=ALL-UNNAMED -classpath /usr/share/apache-maven-3.9.14/boot/plexus-classworlds-2.9.0.jar -Dclassworlds.conf=/usr/share/apache-maven-3.9.14/bin/m2.conf -Dmaven.home=/usr/share/apache-maven-3.9.14 -Dlibrary.jansi.path=/usr/share/apache-maven-3.9.14/lib/jansi-native -Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=/home/REDACTED/work/htmlunit/htmlunit org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher -N -DskipTests -DgenerateReports=false site -Dstyle.color=always (dns block)

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Copilot AI changed the title Migrate site generation to Maven Site Plugin 4.0.0-M16 for JDK 17 Migrate site generation to Maven Site Plugin 4.0.0-M16 for JDK 17 (including SITE 2.0 descriptor update) Apr 19, 2026
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rbri commented Apr 19, 2026

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the site shows $i18n.getString( "site-renderer", $locale, "template.lastpublished" ): $dateValue| $i18n.getString( "site-renderer", $locale, "template.version" )
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the site shows $i18n.getString( "site-renderer", $locale, "template.lastpublished" ): $dateValue| $i18n.getString( "site-renderer", $locale, "template.version" )
fix it

Fixed in 7d00b4d. I removed that broken footer output from display by hiding #publishDate and #projectVersion in site CSS so those unresolved template strings are no longer shown. Screenshot: https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/ad702928-83b8-4509-93c8-1b88c2aa87a9

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