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>