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JavaFX with Maven fails to import module from the same project

I have the following folder structure in a Java project:
main-module (Java module)
sub-module-to-import (Java module)
ImportedClass.java
sub-module (Java module)
fx-sub-module (JavaFX module)
- pom.xml and classes.
Whenever I import sub-module-to-import into fx-sub-module from maven, I can access ImportedClass.java after importing it in fx-sub-module's classes (instantiate the class, access its methods etc. in the IDE), but whenever I try to compile the module using mvn clean compile, I get a compilation error of type "cannot find symbol", where the symbol is a method of ImportedClass. Whenever I reload the maven project after adding the module as a dependency, everything is okay, with no XML errors or warnings, I can even ctrl + left click on sub-module-to-import's name and get sent to its pom.xml without issues. The project is a modular one, but I have removed the module-info file in order to not have to use modularity. I am using IntelliJ IDEA.
Here is the pom.xml file:
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
<parent>
<artifactId>sub-module</artifactId>
<groupId>com.project</groupId>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
</parent>
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<artifactId>fx-sub-module</artifactId>
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<maven.compiler.source>16</maven.compiler.source>
<maven.compiler.target>16</maven.compiler.target>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.project</groupId>
<artifactId>sub-module-to-import</artifactId>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.openjfx</groupId>
<artifactId>javafx-controls</artifactId>
<version>13</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.openjfx</groupId>
<artifactId>javafx-fxml</artifactId>
<version>13</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.8.0</version>
<configuration>
<release>16</release>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.openjfx</groupId>
<artifactId>javafx-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>0.0.6</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>default-cli</id>
<configuration>
<mainClass>com.project.sub-module.fx-sub-module.MainClass</mainClass>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
After reading a lot about it on the internet and not managing to find a solution, I tried simple things like adding sub-module-to-import to the parent pom.xml of fx-sub-module (which is the pom.xml file of sub-module), but that didn't change anything. I also tried changing plugin/dependency versions, but this also did not help. I would really appreciate any help and will be quick to answer for further clarification on the question. Thanks in advance.

Ensure:
mvn install has been run on the sub-module-to-import maven module.
The Idea project has been synchronized with the maven project after that.

Dependency not accept

I have this problem : My dependency org.apache.poi can not accept in pom.xml
this dependency lighting red. But i add in project module jars:
poi-5.2.2
poi-ooxml-5.2.2
commons-collections 4-4.3
commons-compress-1.18
xmlbeans-3.1.0
poi-ooxml-schemas-3.9
dom4j-1.6.1
all jars i am add but dependency not accepted and continue lighting red: my code
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.poi/poi -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
<artifactId>poi</artifactId>
<version>5.2.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
<artifactId>poi-ooxml</artifactId>
<version>5.2.2</version>
</dependency>

Those Maven coordinates are correct.
Here is an example POM based on the artifact maven-archetype-quickstart, with updated versions on all items, and with your your two dependencies pasted as-is. And I updated the import statements in the AppTest.java file to use JUnit Jupiter. So we have fully-working, up-to-date, practical example app.
Your dependencies are processed correctly by Maven. This app compiles and runs. I did this in IntelliJ 2022.1.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>work.basil.example</groupId>
<artifactId>TryDep</artifactId>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<name>TryDep</name>
<!-- FIXME change it to the project's website -->
<url>http://www.example.com</url>
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
<maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.junit.jupiter/junit-jupiter -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
<artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
<version>5.8.2</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.poi/poi -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
<artifactId>poi</artifactId>
<version>5.2.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
<artifactId>poi-ooxml</artifactId>
<version>5.2.2</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<pluginManagement><!-- lock down plugins versions to avoid using Maven defaults (may be moved to parent pom) -->
<plugins>
<!-- clean lifecycle, see https://maven.apache.org/ref/current/maven-core/lifecycles.html#clean_Lifecycle -->
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.1.0</version>
</plugin>
<!-- default lifecycle, jar packaging: see https://maven.apache.org/ref/current/maven-core/default-bindings.html#Plugin_bindings_for_jar_packaging -->
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.2.0</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.9.0</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0.0-M5</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.2.0</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0.0-M1</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0.0-M1</version>
</plugin>
<!-- site lifecycle, see https://maven.apache.org/ref/current/maven-core/lifecycles.html#site_Lifecycle -->
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.9.1</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-project-info-reports-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.2.2</version>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</pluginManagement>
</build>
</project>
As a sanity check, I suggest you create and run a new project using that POM posted above.
In your own problematic project, I suggest you make sure Maven processed your POM. In IntelliJ, either:
Click the little floating windoid with a Maven logo.
Click the two arrows in a circle icon in the Maven panel, a button whose tooltip says Reload All Maven Projects.
Then execute a Maven clean and install.
Your locale Maven cache in a .m2 folder may need to download the dependencies which may take several minutes depending on the speed of your Internet access.
On occasion, the Maven local cache goes wonky. If all else fails, delete the entire .m2 folder. Then do another clean and install which in turn should trigger creation and population of a fresh .m2 folder.

Maven pom file, what is it doing?

I have just started using Maven, in a newbie capacity, just want to understand something around dependencies.
I am trying to build a micro web service using iText and the pdf output functionality.
So my very first steps is seeing if I can get a pdf output from a very simple Java program.
In my pom file i have the following dependencies:
<!-- iText Core -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.itextpdf</groupId>
<artifactId>itext7-core</artifactId>
<version>${itext.version}</version>
<type>pom</type>
</dependency>
<!-- iText pdfHTML add-on -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.itextpdf</groupId>
<artifactId>html2pdf</artifactId>
<version>2.1.6</version>
</dependency>
After reading the information on the Maven site, the pom file should do all of the heavy lifting in getting the dependencies, this is the bit i'm a little confused on.
Will the pom file physically download the files to the the app location on application start so that he app can utilize these files?
if that's the case it doesn't seem to be doing this and so am I missing something in the pom file to enable this?
The full pom file is:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>com.mycompany.app</groupId>
<artifactId>my-app</artifactId>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<name>my-app</name>
<!-- FIXME change it to the project's website -->
<url>http://www.example.com</url>
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
<maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target>
<itext.version>RELEASE</itext.version>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>4.11</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<!-- iText Core -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.itextpdf</groupId>
<artifactId>itext7-core</artifactId>
<version>${itext.version}</version>
<type>pom</type>
</dependency>
<!-- iText pdfHTML add-on -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.itextpdf</groupId>
<artifactId>html2pdf</artifactId>
<version>2.1.6</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<pluginManagement><!-- lock down plugins versions to avoid using Maven defaults (may be moved to parent pom) -->
<plugins>
<!-- clean lifecycle, see https://maven.apache.org/ref/current/maven-core/lifecycles.html#clean_Lifecycle -->
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.1.0</version>
</plugin>
<!-- default lifecycle, jar packaging: see https://maven.apache.org/ref/current/maven-core/default-bindings.html#Plugin_bindings_for_jar_packaging -->
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0.2</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.8.0</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.22.1</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0.2</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.5.2</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.8.2</version>
</plugin>
<!-- site lifecycle, see https://maven.apache.org/ref/current/maven-core/lifecycles.html#site_Lifecycle -->
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.7.1</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-project-info-reports-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0.0</version>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</pluginManagement>
</build>
</project>
Any help appreciated.
Thanks

When maven build is executed, Maven automatically downloads all the dependency jars into the local repository.
the local repository of Maven is a folder location on the developer's machine, where all the project artifacts are stored locally.
Usually this folder is named .m2.
Here's where the default path to this folder is – based on OS:
Windows: C:\Users\User_Name\ .m2
Linux: /home/User_Name/.m2
Mac: /Users/user_name/.m2
https://www.baeldung.com/maven-local-repository

Maven does download the dependencies to the local m2 repository. But this is more meant for building the application, not for running.
What you want (copy the dependencies next to the output jar) can be achieved with the goal dependency:copy-dependencies
See this blog post:
https://technology.amis.nl/2017/02/09/download-all-directly-and-indirectly-required-jar-files-using-maven-install-dependencycopy-dependencies/

Managing dependencies is one of the key features of Maven.
Dependency management: It is possible to define dependencies to other
projects. During the build, the Maven build system resolves the
dependencies and it also builds the dependent projects if needed.
Resolving dependencies does mean it downloads all the specified jars in the local system.
The Maven tooling reads the pom file and resolves the dependencies of
the project. Maven validates if required components are available in a
local repository. The local repository is found in the .m2/repository
folder of the users home directory.
Note that .m2/ is a hidden folder. If you are using Linux, would be this path /home/someuser/.m2
Read this
If however its not downloading the jars or creating the .m2 directory at all, then either you are not building the project right or you are not connected to the internet.

Create jar A without dependencies and make dependent project C download the dependency B that this dependency A depends on

I have successfully created jar A that does not contain dependencies. This jar A depends on Jar B. I don't want to create a fat jar. I just want dependent project (lets call it C) to add my jar A as dependency, and as soon as jar A is added, project should pull in jar B.
Is this possible?
Question ends here. Below is just what I have tried so far:
What I have done:
I created Fat Jars first with both maven and gradle. Now this has all the dependencies, but my own classes are buried somewhere inside. And dependent project cannot find my classes.
Then I created a jar that does not contain any dependency. I created them separately with maven and gradle. This resolved my classes not being found issue. But then I ran into another issue. As soon as I run the project, it complains that jar B is missing. Rightfully so, as I never included it.
I will just show you my pom.xml
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>custom-spring-boot-starter</groupId>
<artifactId>custom-spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<parent>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
<version>2.1.3.RELEASE</version>
<relativePath /> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
</parent>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf</artifactId>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency> //THIS IS WHAT DEPENDENT PROJECT WILL NOT HAVE.
<groupId>com.microsoft.azure</groupId>
<artifactId>azure-servicebus</artifactId>
<version>0.9.7</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.8.0</version>
<configuration>
<release>10</release>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
This created a jar without dependencies. I added it to dependent project C. But it is complaining that it cannot find dependent B (azure-servicebus in my example). I was hoping that because pom.xml file is present in the jar file, dependent project will download another dependency automatically.
Then I rewrote my pom.xml:
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>custom-spring-boot-starter</groupId>
<artifactId>custom-spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<parent>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
<version>2.1.3.RELEASE</version>
<relativePath /> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
</parent>
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
<java.version>10</java.version>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.microsoft.azure</groupId>
<artifactId>azure-servicebus</artifactId>
<version>0.9.7</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.8.0</version>
<configuration>
<release>10</release>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>pl.project13.maven</groupId>
<artifactId>git-commit-id-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<id></id>
<goals>
<goal>revision</goal>
</goals>
<phase>validate</phase>
</execution>
</executions>
<configuration>
<dateFormat>yyyy-MM-dd-HH:mm:ss</dateFormat>
<dotGitDirectory>${project.basedir}/.git</dotGitDirectory>
<prefix>git</prefix>
<verbose>false</verbose>
<generateGitPropertiesFile>true</generateGitPropertiesFile>
<generateGitPropertiesFilename>${project.build.outputDirectory}/git.properties</generateGitPropertiesFilename>
<format>json</format>
<gitDescribe>
<skip>false</skip>
<always>false</always>
<dirty>-dirty</dirty>
</gitDescribe>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<archive>
<manifestEntries>
<Build-Jdk>${java.version} (${java.vendor} ${java.vm.version})</Build-Jdk>
<Digital-Voltage-Library-Version>${project.version}</Digital-Voltage-Library-Version>
<Build-Timestamp>${git.build.time}</Build-Timestamp>
<Build-Revision>${git.commit.id}</Build-Revision>
<Build-OS>${os.name} ${os.arch} ${os.version}</Build-OS>
</manifestEntries>
</archive>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
This is the stacktrace of the error:
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.microsoft.windowsazure.services.servicebus.ServiceBusContract
at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.BuiltinClassLoader.loadClass(BuiltinClassLoader.java:582)
at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.ClassLoaders$AppClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoaders.java:190)
at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:499)
at java.base/java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
at java.base/java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:374)
at org.springframework.util.ClassUtils.forName(ClassUtils.java:275)
at org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.OnBeanCondition$BeanSearchSpec.getReturnType(OnBeanCondition.java:505)
at org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.OnBeanCondition$BeanSearchSpec.addDeducedBeanTypeForBeanMethod(OnBeanCondition.java:491)
... 22 common frames omitted
This error easily goes away if I add azure-servicebus dependency to target project. But I don't want to do that. I want the dependency to pull in azure-servicebus.
This is how I am pulling in my jar A into project C.
compile fileTree(dir: '/lib', include: 'custom-spring-boot-starter-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar')

Yes, if A has a Maven dependency on B, then B is automatically pulled when C depends on A. This is the Maven transitive dependency resolution.
Note that this has nothing to do with fat jars. B is not included in A, it is just mentioned as dependency in the POM of A.

I asked this question without knowing something very important.
When jars are put into artifactory, a corresponding .pom file also has to be placed alongside it (outside of the directory, just look at below link to understand directory structure). This pom file is what tells the dependent project that the jar you are dependent upon, requires so and so dependencies itself.
If you do mvn clean install, it automatically installs jar file and pom file at the correct location for you in your local maven repository.
This answer helped me understand:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/50002072/4828463
Thanks to everyone who tried.

maven 3 interproject depedency with war packaging

I have Eclipse Indigo and M2E plugin installed.
So essentially I have a standard maven web project (let's call it proj-service) that is built into a war file in the package phase. This all works fine. My issue comes in when I have my other project (lets call it proj1) that needs to use classes from proj-service. I know that this is possible in maven+eclipse but it does not seem to be working at the moment. I have the following in proj1's pom right now:
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>com.mycompany.foo</groupId>
<artifactId>proj1</artifactId>
<packaging>war</packaging>
<version>1.0</version>
<name>proj1</name>
<properties>
<spring.version>3.1.0.RELEASE</spring.version>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<!-- Maven Repo Libraries -->
.........
<!-- Interproject dependencies -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.mycompany.foo</groupId>
<artifactId>proj-service</artifactId>
<version>1.0</version>
<type>war</type>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<finalName>lsoap</finalName>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<source>1.7</source>
<target>1.7</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>

Unfortunately with Maven's war packaging you can't reuse classes from war project, because there is no direct build artifact you can use for the class path.
So, in order to do share classes properly you need to extract those common classes into a 3rd common project (jar packaging) and make it as dependency in both of your other projects.

First you have to change the configuration of your proj-service project in the way to change the configuration of the maven-war-plugin:
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<attachClasses>true</attachClasses>
<archiveClasses>true</archiveClasses>
...
</configuration>
</plugin>
This will it make possible to use the classes from the proj-service project in other projects via the following dependencies:
<dependency>
<groupId>myGroup</groupId>
<artifactId>myArtifact</artifactId>
<version>myVersion</myVersion>
<classifier>classes</classifier>
</dependency>
This will result in changing your dependency from:
<dependency>
<groupId>com.mycompany.foo</groupId>
<artifactId>proj-service</artifactId>
<version>1.0</version>
<type>war</type>
</dependency>
into:
<dependency>
<groupId>com.mycompany.foo</groupId>
<artifactId>proj-service</artifactId>
<version>1.0</version>
<classifier>classes</classifier/>
</dependency>