From aa0a6662452c219d2b1d04be224a2a17e19c6a3d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Osipov <michaelo@apache.org>
Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2024 22:29:54 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [MJAVADOC-796] Do not follow links for Java 12+

This closes #287
---
 .../apache/maven/plugins/javadoc/AbstractJavadocMojo.java | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/javadoc/AbstractJavadocMojo.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/javadoc/AbstractJavadocMojo.java
index f951e1293..09c9e4889 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/javadoc/AbstractJavadocMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/javadoc/AbstractJavadocMojo.java
@@ -5727,13 +5727,17 @@ protected final OfflineLink getDefaultJavadocApiLink() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Follows all of the given links, and returns their last redirect locations. Ordering is kept.
-     * This is necessary because javadoc tool doesn't follow links, see JDK-8190312 (MJAVADOC-427, MJAVADOC-487)
+     * Follows all of the given links if the Javadoc version is before 12, and returns their last
+     * redirect locations. Ordering is kept. This is necessary because javadoc tool doesn't follow
+     * links, see JDK-8190312 (MJAVADOC-427, MJAVADOC-487)
      *
      * @param links Links to follow.
      * @return Last redirect location of all the links.
      */
     private Set<String> followLinks(Set<String> links) {
+        if (javadocRuntimeVersion.isAtLeast("12")) {
+            return links;
+        }
         Set<String> redirectLinks = new LinkedHashSet<>(links.size());
         for (String link : links) {
             try {