MaxxtonGroup · mxt-mischa · Jul 7, 2026 · Jul 7, 2026 · Jul 7, 2026 · Jul 7, 2026
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -2,56 +2,19 @@
 This is the Java plugin to publish data to your [microdocs server](https://github.com/MaxxtonGroup/microdocs). For more info, see the three READMEs's in the subfolders.
 
 
-## Publishing to Maven Central
+## Publishing
 
-Before you can publish, you'll have to do some setup.
+Artifacts publish to Maxxton's internal Maven registry, not Maven Central - no GPG signing or Sonatype account needed.
 
-1. Create a [sonatype account](https://issues.sonatype.org/secure/Signup!default.jspa) and create an issue to request access to com.maxxton
-2. Install [GnuPG](https://www.gnupg.org/download/) NOTE: at least version 2.1!
-3. Generate key pair by running:
-```
-$ gpg --full-generate-key
-```
-Choose RSA 2048bit with no expiration. Fill in your name, email, and passphrase. Your key is saved in `~/.gnupg`.
-
-
-4. Run this to update your secring.gpg:
-```
-$ gpg --keyring secring.gpg --export-secret-keys > ~/.gnupg/secring.gpg
-```
+`microdocs-crawler-gradle` and `microdocs-core-java` use the `com.maxxton.convention` plugin, which configures the publication and registry automatically. `microdocs-crawler-doclet` never publishes its own artifact - only its fat jar is bundled into `microdocs-crawler-gradle`'s published jar.
 
-5. Create `~/.gradle/gradle.properties` (or `C:\\Users\\username\\.gradle\\gradle.properties`) with the following properties:
+To publish a new version:
+1. Bump `version` in `gradle.properties` for whichever module(s) changed.
+2. Run:
 ```
-signing.keyId=keyid
-signing.password=yourpassword
-signing.secretKeyRingFile=C:\\Users\\username\\.gnupg\\secring.gpg
-
-sonatypeUsername=username
-sonatypePassword=password
+$ ./publish.sh
 ```
 
-Use `gpg --list-secret-keys --keyid-format 0xshort` to get your keyId
-```
-% gpg --list-secret-keys --keyid-format 0xshort
-[keyboxd]
----------
-sec   rsa2048/0x1337CAFE 1970-01-01 [SC]
-              ^^^^^^^^^^
-              ## this bit is what you're looking for.
-      1337133713371337133713371337133713371337
-uid           [ultimate] Your Name <y.name@maxxton.com>
-ssb   rsa2048/0xCAFE1337 1970-01-01 [E]
-```
-
-6. Publish
-```
-$ ./publish
-```
-
-And follow the [release and deployment manual](https://central.sonatype.org/pages/releasing-the-deployment.html)
-Check this link for more info on [the signing plugin](https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/signing_plugin.html)
-
-
 ### Java 8
-Checkout the java8 branch for a Java 8 compatible version. The master branch will be based on Java 11, the difference is substantial due to the revised Javadoc API in since Java 9.
+Checkout the java8 branch for a Java 8 compatible version. The master branch is based on Java 21.
 
diff --git a/microdocs-core-java/build.gradle b/microdocs-core-java/build.gradle
@@ -2,50 +2,16 @@
 plugins {
   id "java"
   id "java-library"
-  id "signing"
   id "maven-publish"
-  id "com.google.cloud.artifactregistry.gradle-plugin" version "2.2.0"
+  id "com.maxxton.convention" version "3.3.2"
 }
 
-group = 'com.maxxton'
-version = '4.0.0'
+// group and version come from gradle.properties, set before the
+// com.maxxton.convention plugin's PublishingConfiguration reads them.
 
-publishing {
-  publications {
-    mavenJava(MavenPublication) {
-      from components.java
-      pom {
-        name = 'MicroDocs Core Java'
-        description = 'MicroDocs core functionalities to share accross various projects'
-        url = 'https://github.com/MaxxtonGroup/microdocs'
-        licenses {
-          license {
-            name = 'The Apache Software License, Version 2.0'
-            url = 'http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt'
-            distribution = 'repo'
-          }
-        }
-        developers {
-          developer {
-            id = 's.hermans'
-            name = 'Steven Hermans'
-          }
-        }
-        scm {
-          url = 'scm:git@github.com:MaxxtonGroup/microdocs.git'
-          connection = 'scm:git@github.com:MaxxtonGroup/microdocs.git'
-          developerConnection = 'scm:git@github.com:MaxxtonGroup/microdocs.git'
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  }
-  repositories {
-    // mavenLocal()
-    maven {
-      url "artifactregistry://europe-maven.pkg.dev/dynamic-concept-192711/maxxton-maven-registry"
-    }
-  }
-}
+// Publishing (mavenJava publication + maxxton-maven-registry repository) is
+// auto-configured by the com.maxxton.convention plugin once maven-publish
+// and java are detected - see PublishingConfiguration in maxxton-conventions.
 
 repositories {
   mavenCentral()
@@ -57,17 +23,23 @@ repositories {
 dependencies {
   api("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.10.1")
   api("com.mashape.unirest:unirest-java:1.4.9")
-  testImplementation("junit:junit:4.12")
+  testImplementation("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter:5.10.2")
+  testRuntimeOnly("org.junit.platform:junit-platform-launcher:1.10.2")
 }
 
 task javadocJar(type: Jar, dependsOn: javadoc) {
   archiveClassifier = 'javadoc'
   from 'build/docs/javadoc'
 }
 
-task sourcesJar(type: Jar) {
-  from sourceSets.main.allSource
-  archiveClassifier = "sources"
+// Registers the sourcesJar task (withJavadocJar() just attaches the
+// existing javadocJar task above). Declared before the artifacts{} block
+// below so both tasks are guaranteed to exist by the time it references
+// them, rather than relying on the com.maxxton.convention plugin having
+// already created sourcesJar earlier via PublishingConfiguration.
+java {
+  withJavadocJar()
+  withSourcesJar()
 }
 
 artifacts {
@@ -77,16 +49,6 @@ artifacts {
   archives sourcesJar
 }
 
-signing {
-  sign configurations.archives
-  sign publishing.publications
-}
-
-java {
-  withJavadocJar()
-  withSourcesJar()
-}
-
 javadoc {
   if(JavaVersion.current().isJava9Compatible()) {
     options.addBooleanOption('html5', true)

diff --git a/microdocs-core-java/gradle.lockfile b/microdocs-core-java/gradle.lockfile
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# This is a Gradle generated file for dependency locking.
+# Manual edits can break the build and are not advised.
+# This file is expected to be part of source control.
+com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations:2.10.1=compileClasspath,integrationTestCompileClasspath,integrationTestRuntimeClasspath,runtimeClasspath,testCompileClasspath,testRuntimeClasspath
+com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core:2.10.1=compileClasspath,integrationTestCompileClasspath,integrationTestRuntimeClasspath,runtimeClasspath,testCompileClasspath,testRuntimeClasspath
+com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.10.1=compileClasspath,integrationTestCompileClasspath,integrationTestRuntimeClasspath,runtimeClasspath,testCompileClasspath,testRuntimeClasspath
+com.mashape.unirest:unirest-java:1.4.9=compileClasspath,integrationTestCompileClasspath,integrationTestRuntimeClasspath,runtimeClasspath,testCompileClasspath,testRuntimeClasspath
+commons-codec:commons-codec:1.9=compileClasspath,integrationTestCompileClasspath,integrationTestRuntimeClasspath,runtimeClasspath,testCompileClasspath,testRuntimeClasspath
+commons-logging:commons-logging:1.2=compileClasspath,integrationTestCompileClasspath,integrationTestRuntimeClasspath,runtimeClasspath,testCompileClasspath,testRuntimeClasspath
+org.apache.httpcomponents:httpasyncclient:4.1.1=compileClasspath,integrationTestCompileClasspath,integrationTestRuntimeClasspath,runtimeClasspath,testCompileClasspath,testRuntimeClasspath
+org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:4.5.2=compileClasspath,integrationTestCompileClasspath,integrationTestRuntimeClasspath,runtimeClasspath,testCompileClasspath,testRuntimeClasspath
+org.apache.httpcomponents:httpcore-nio:4.4.4=compileClasspath,integrationTestCompileClasspath,integrationTestRuntimeClasspath,runtimeClasspath,testCompileClasspath,testRuntimeClasspath
+org.apache.httpcomponents:httpcore:4.4.4=compileClasspath,integrationTestCompileClasspath,integrationTestRuntimeClasspath,runtimeClasspath,testCompileClasspath,testRuntimeClasspath
+org.apache.httpcomponents:httpmime:4.5.2=compileClasspath,integrationTestCompileClasspath,integrationTestRuntimeClasspath,runtimeClasspath,testCompileClasspath,testRuntimeClasspath
+org.apiguardian:apiguardian-api:1.1.2=integrationTestCompileClasspath,testCompileClasspath
+org.json:json:20160212=compileClasspath,integrationTestCompileClasspath,integrationTestRuntimeClasspath,runtimeClasspath,testCompileClasspath,testRuntimeClasspath
+org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api:5.10.2=integrationTestCompileClasspath,integrationTestRuntimeClasspath,testCompileClasspath,testRuntimeClasspath
+org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine:5.10.2=integrationTestRuntimeClasspath,testRuntimeClasspath
+org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-params:5.10.2=integrationTestCompileClasspath,integrationTestRuntimeClasspath,testCompileClasspath,testRuntimeClasspath
+org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter:5.10.2=integrationTestCompileClasspath,integrationTestRuntimeClasspath,testCompileClasspath,testRuntimeClasspath
+org.junit.platform:junit-platform-commons:1.10.2=integrationTestCompileClasspath,integrationTestRuntimeClasspath,testCompileClasspath,testRuntimeClasspath
+org.junit.platform:junit-platform-engine:1.10.2=integrationTestRuntimeClasspath,testRuntimeClasspath
+org.junit.platform:junit-platform-launcher:1.10.2=integrationTestRuntimeClasspath,testRuntimeClasspath
+org.junit:junit-bom:5.10.2=integrationTestCompileClasspath,integrationTestRuntimeClasspath,testCompileClasspath,testRuntimeClasspath
+org.opentest4j:opentest4j:1.3.0=integrationTestCompileClasspath,integrationTestRuntimeClasspath,testCompileClasspath,testRuntimeClasspath
+empty=annotationProcessor,integrationTestAnnotationProcessor,testAnnotationProcessor
diff --git a/microdocs-core-java/gradle.properties b/microdocs-core-java/gradle.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+group=com.maxxton
+version=4.0.1
diff --git a/microdocs-core-java/settings.gradle b/microdocs-core-java/settings.gradle
@@ -1,2 +1,22 @@
-rootProject.name = 'microdocs-core-java'
+pluginManagement {
+  repositories {
+    mavenLocal()
+    maven {
+      url = uri("artifactregistry://europe-maven.pkg.dev/dynamic-concept-192711/maxxton-maven-virtual")
+    }
+    gradlePluginPortal()
+  }
+}
+
+buildscript {
+  repositories {
+    gradlePluginPortal()
+  }
+  dependencies {
+    classpath("com.google.cloud.artifactregistry.gradle-plugin:com.google.cloud.artifactregistry.gradle-plugin.gradle.plugin:2.2.5")
+  }
+}
 
+apply plugin: com.google.cloud.artifactregistry.gradle.plugin.ArtifactRegistryGradlePlugin
+
+rootProject.name = 'microdocs-core-java'
diff --git a/...ocs-core-java/src/main/java/com/maxxton/microdocs/core/domain/schema/SchemaPrimitive.java b/...ocs-core-java/src/main/java/com/maxxton/microdocs/core/domain/schema/SchemaPrimitive.java
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 /**
  * @author Steven Hermans
  */
-public class SchemaPrimitive extends Schema {
+public final class SchemaPrimitive extends Schema {
 
   public SchemaPrimitive() { }
 

diff --git a/...ocs-core-java/src/main/java/com/maxxton/microdocs/core/reflect/ReflectDescriptionTag.java b/...ocs-core-java/src/main/java/com/maxxton/microdocs/core/reflect/ReflectDescriptionTag.java
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 /**
  * @author Steven Hermans
  */
-public class ReflectDescriptionTag {
+public final class ReflectDescriptionTag {
 
   private String tagName;
   private String keyword;

diff --git a/...-java/src/main/java/com/maxxton/microdocs/crawler/spring/parser/SpecificationsParser.java b/...-java/src/main/java/com/maxxton/microdocs/crawler/spring/parser/SpecificationsParser.java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ public String getClassName() {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public List<Parameter> parse(ReflectParameter reflectParameter, ReflectClass controller, ReflectMethod method, SchemaCollector schemaCollector) {
+  public List<Parameter> parse(ReflectParameter reflectParameter, ReflectClass<?> controller, ReflectMethod method, SchemaCollector schemaCollector) {
     List<Parameter> parameters = new ArrayList<>();
 
     ParameterVariable filterParameter = new ParameterVariable();

diff --git a/microdocs-core-java/src/test/java/com/maxxton/microdocs/core/reflect/ReflectClassTest.java b/microdocs-core-java/src/test/java/com/maxxton/microdocs/core/reflect/ReflectClassTest.java
@@ -3,14 +3,16 @@
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 
 /**
  * @author Steven Hermans
  */
 public class ReflectClassTest {
 
-  @org.junit.Test
+  @Test
   public void testHasParent() {
     ReflectClass<ArrayList<?>> arrayListClass = new ReflectClass<>();
     arrayListClass.setSimpleName(ArrayList.class.getSimpleName());
@@ -31,7 +33,7 @@ public void testHasParent() {
 
   }
 
-  @org.junit.Test
+  @Test
   public void testHasParentNotLoaded() {
     ReflectClass<ArrayList<?>> arrayListClass = new ReflectClass<>();
     arrayListClass.setSimpleName(ArrayList.class.getSimpleName());

diff --git a/microdocs-crawler-gradle/build.gradle b/microdocs-crawler-gradle/build.gradle
@@ -3,47 +3,13 @@ plugins {
   id "groovy"
   id "java"
   id "java-library"
-  id "signing"
   id "maven-publish"
-  id "com.google.cloud.artifactregistry.gradle-plugin" version "2.2.0"
+  id "com.maxxton.convention" version "3.3.2"
 }
 
-publishing {
-  publications {
-    mavenJava(MavenPublication) {
-      from components.java
-      pom {
-        name = 'MicroDocs Gradle Crawler'
-        description = 'MicroDocs crawler for gradle projects'
-        url = 'https://github.com/MaxxtonGroup/microdocs'
-        licenses {
-          license {
-            name = 'The Apache Software License, Version 2.0'
-            url = 'http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt'
-            distribution = 'repo'
-          }
-        }
-        developers {
-          developer {
-            id = 's.hermans'
-            name = 'Steven Hermans'
-          }
-        }
-        scm {
-          url = 'scm:git@github.com:MaxxtonGroup/microdocs.git'
-          connection = 'scm:git@github.com:MaxxtonGroup/microdocs.git'
-          developerConnection = 'scm:git@github.com:MaxxtonGroup/microdocs.git'
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  }
-  repositories {
-    // mavenLocal()
-    maven {
-      url "artifactregistry://europe-maven.pkg.dev/dynamic-concept-192711/maxxton-maven-registry"
-    }
-  }
-}
+// Publishing (mavenJava publication + maxxton-maven-registry repository) is
+// auto-configured by the com.maxxton.convention plugin once maven-publish
+// and java are detected - see PublishingConfiguration in maxxton-conventions.
 
 repositories {
   mavenCentral()
@@ -60,8 +26,8 @@ dependencies {
   api("com.maxxton:microdocs-core-java:3.0.0")
 }
 
-group = 'com.maxxton'
-version = '4.0.1'
+// group and version now come from gradle.properties, set before
+// the com.maxxton.convention plugin's PublishingConfiguration reads them.
 
 
 task fatJar(type: Jar, dependsOn: 'jar') {
@@ -88,9 +54,14 @@ task javadocJar(type: Jar, dependsOn: javadoc) {
   from 'build/docs/javadoc'
 }
 
-task sourcesJar(type: Jar) {
-  from sourceSets.main.allSource
-  archiveClassifier = 'sources'
+// Registers the sourcesJar task (withJavadocJar() just attaches the
+// existing javadocJar task above). Declared before the artifacts{} block
+// below so both tasks are guaranteed to exist by the time it references
+// them, rather than relying on the com.maxxton.convention plugin having
+// already created sourcesJar earlier via PublishingConfiguration.
+java {
+  withJavadocJar()
+  withSourcesJar()
 }
 
 artifacts {
@@ -99,13 +70,3 @@ artifacts {
   archives javadocJar
   archives sourcesJar
 }
-
-java {
-  withJavadocJar()
-  withSourcesJar()
-}
-
-signing {
-  sign configurations.archives
-  sign publishing.publications
-}
diff --git a/microdocs-crawler-gradle/gradle.lockfile b/microdocs-crawler-gradle/gradle.lockfile
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# This is a Gradle generated file for dependency locking.
+# Manual edits can break the build and are not advised.
+# This file is expected to be part of source control.
+com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations:2.10.1=compileClasspath,integrationTestCompileClasspath,integrationTestRuntimeClasspath,runtimeClasspath,testCompileClasspath,testRuntimeClasspath
+com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core:2.10.1=compileClasspath,integrationTestCompileClasspath,integrationTestRuntimeClasspath,runtimeClasspath,testCompileClasspath,testRuntimeClasspath
+com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.10.1=compileClasspath,integrationTestCompileClasspath,integrationTestRuntimeClasspath,runtimeClasspath,testCompileClasspath,testRuntimeClasspath
+com.mashape.unirest:unirest-java:1.4.9=compileClasspath,integrationTestCompileClasspath,integrationTestRuntimeClasspath,runtimeClasspath,testCompileClasspath,testRuntimeClasspath
+com.maxxton:microdocs-core-java:3.0.0=compileClasspath,integrationTestCompileClasspath,integrationTestRuntimeClasspath,runtimeClasspath,testCompileClasspath,testRuntimeClasspath
+commons-codec:commons-codec:1.9=compileClasspath,integrationTestCompileClasspath,integrationTestRuntimeClasspath,runtimeClasspath,testCompileClasspath,testRuntimeClasspath
+commons-logging:commons-logging:1.2=compileClasspath,integrationTestCompileClasspath,integrationTestRuntimeClasspath,runtimeClasspath,testCompileClasspath,testRuntimeClasspath
+org.apache.httpcomponents:httpasyncclient:4.1.1=compileClasspath,integrationTestCompileClasspath,integrationTestRuntimeClasspath,runtimeClasspath,testCompileClasspath,testRuntimeClasspath
+org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:4.5.2=compileClasspath,integrationTestCompileClasspath,integrationTestRuntimeClasspath,runtimeClasspath,testCompileClasspath,testRuntimeClasspath
+org.apache.httpcomponents:httpcore-nio:4.4.4=compileClasspath,integrationTestCompileClasspath,integrationTestRuntimeClasspath,runtimeClasspath,testCompileClasspath,testRuntimeClasspath
+org.apache.httpcomponents:httpcore:4.4.4=compileClasspath,integrationTestCompileClasspath,integrationTestRuntimeClasspath,runtimeClasspath,testCompileClasspath,testRuntimeClasspath
+org.apache.httpcomponents:httpmime:4.5.2=compileClasspath,integrationTestCompileClasspath,integrationTestRuntimeClasspath,runtimeClasspath,testCompileClasspath,testRuntimeClasspath
+org.json:json:20160212=compileClasspath,integrationTestCompileClasspath,integrationTestRuntimeClasspath,runtimeClasspath,testCompileClasspath,testRuntimeClasspath
+empty=annotationProcessor,integrationTestAnnotationProcessor,testAnnotationProcessor
diff --git a/microdocs-crawler-gradle/gradle.properties b/microdocs-crawler-gradle/gradle.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+group=com.maxxton
+version=4.0.1