Yes I have tried using it on the command line and it looks good.
I think I worked out the xml in maven to get it working. I present it here ( so not just ripping the befenfits but also giving back what I can
😊 )
<!-- make sure report is executed during specific maven lifecycle step 'site' -->
<pluginManagement>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>aspectj-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>${aspectj.maven.plugin.version}</version>
<configuration>
<complianceLevel>${java.version}</complianceLevel>
<source>${java.version}</source>
<target>${java.version}</target>
<deprecation>true</deprecation>
<encoding>${project.build.sourceEncoding}</encoding>
<showWeaveInfo>true</showWeaveInfo>
<forceAjcCompile>true</forceAjcCompile>
<verbose>true</verbose>
<Xlint>warning</Xlint>
<argumentFileName>builddef-${project.name}.lst</argumentFileName>
<excludes>
<exclude>**/package-info.java</exclude>
</excludes>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>compile_with_aspectj</id>
<goals>
<goal>compile</goal>
<goal>test-compile</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
<!-- Bind ajdoc to site phase in the maven lifecycle -->
<execution>
<id>ajdoc</id>
<goals>
<goal>aspectj-report</goal>
</goals>
<phase>site</phase>
</execution>
</executions>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>
<artifactId>aspectjtools</artifactId>
<version>${aspectj.version}</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</pluginManagement>
<!-- reporting part -->
<reporting>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>aspectj-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>${aspectj.maven.plugin.version}</version>
<configuration>
<verbose>true</verbose>
<privateScope>true</privateScope>
<complianceLevel>${java.version}</complianceLevel>
</configuration>
<reportSets>
<reportSet>
<reports>
<report>aspectj-report</report>
</reports>
</reportSet>
</reportSets>
</plugin>