maven compilation failure

Question

I have a weird problem - Some class file couldn\'t be read during maven build.

1. I have a project A and project B.
2. Project

Answer 1

The error is pretty clear: "cannot find symbol". Some dependencies can't be resolved (you even have the line and column in the trace of the reference that can't be resolved):

V:/dhs_tss_build_view/dhs_tssproject/tss/tsscommon-server/src/main/java/us/mn/state/dhs/tss/common/oblix/da/wsdl/OblixLoginAc
cess.java:[51,60] cannot find symbol
symbol  : class BusinessException
location: class us.mn.state.dhs.tss.common.oblix.da.wsdl.OblixLoginAccess

V:/dhs_tss_build_view/dhs_tssproject/tss/tsscommon-server/src/main/java/us/mn/state/dhs/tss/common/app/da/ldap/BaseLdapImpl.j
ava:[187,14] cannot find symbol
symbol  : class Phone
location: class us.mn.state.dhs.tss.common.app.da.ldap.BaseLdapImpl

V:/dhs_tss_build_view/dhs_tssproject/tss/tsscommon-server/src/main/java/us/mn/state/dhs/tss/common/app/da/ldap/BaseLdapImpl.j
ava:[204,14] cannot find symbol
symbol  : class Phone
location: class us.mn.state.dhs.tss.common.app.da.ldap.BaseLdapImpl

Below a couple of things to verify:

• Check or recheck that these classes are in the jar A (same version as in the pom)
• Check or recheck the import statement in B sources (should match the package of classes in A)
• Check or recheck B's pom.xml and especially the declaration of the dependency on A (it's version)
• Check that the dependency on A is not excluded transitively somewhere in B's pom
• Is A a SNAPSHOT dependency? If no, delete A from your local repository and rebuild

Maven is working fine, you have a mistake somewhere.