unable to build maven project due to javadoc error?

Question

has anyone come across a simlar maven error below?

i am unable to build my project due to the error below. All was working previously fine before i started working on th

Answer 1

UPDATE FOR THOSE WHO GOOGLED THIS BUG: If the project uses source/target 8, adding 8 in javadoc configuration should make the project buildable on jdk {11, 12, 13}:

org.apache.maven.plugins
maven-javadoc-plugin

  8

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