Nrthugu

I come from a C#Visual Studio background and can't wrap my head around how to reference project B from project A such that when I do a Maven build, it actually builds. Using Spring Tool Suite:

1. In Project A, Properties> Java Build Path > Projects, I've added Project B.


2. Project B builds via Maven just fine as a package.


3. Lovely, intellisense works and I'm happily coding along.


4. I go to do a Maven build on project A and get a whole bunch of [ERROR]: ...package [project B] does not exist.
   

I get that somehow i need to make Maven aware of project B's jar...but I don't understand how this works. I don't think i want to force the jar into my local Maven repo (if i do, then what happens when i use the company's maven repo?), i really just want to have maven pick up the .class files from project B's build and be on my merry way. What am I missing?

EDIT: adding poms:

<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.firm</groupId>

  <artifactId>projectA</artifactId>

  <packaging>jar</packaging>

  <version>0.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>

   <parent>

        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>

        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>

        <version>2.0.5.RELEASE</version>

    </parent>

  <build>

    <sourceDirectory>src</sourceDirectory>

    <plugins>

      <plugin>

                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>

                <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>

                <configuration>

                <executable>true</executable>

                </configuration>



            </plugin>

    </plugins>

  </build>

   <repositories>

        <repository>

            <id>spring-releases</id>

            <url>https://repo.spring.io/libs-release</url>

        </repository>

    </repositories>

  <dependencies>

<dependency>

    <groupId>org.json</groupId>

    <artifactId>json</artifactId>

    <version>20090211</version>

</dependency>

<dependency>

    <groupId>mysql</groupId>

    <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>

    <version>8.0.13</version>

</dependency>

<dependency>

<groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>

<artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>

</dependency>

<dependency>

            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>

            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>

        </dependency>

        <dependency>

            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>

            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>

            <scope>test</scope>

        </dependency>



        <dependency>

            <groupId>com.jayway.jsonpath</groupId>

            <artifactId>json-path</artifactId>

            <scope>test</scope>

        </dependency>

</dependencies>

</project>

POM 2:

<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.firm</groupId>

  <artifactId>projectB</artifactId>

  <packaging>jar</packaging>

  <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>

   <parent>

        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>

        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>

        <version>2.0.5.RELEASE</version>

    </parent>

  <build>

    <sourceDirectory>src</sourceDirectory>

    <plugins>



    </plugins>

  </build>

   <repositories>

        <repository>

            <id>spring-releases</id>

            <url>https://repo.spring.io/libs-release</url>

        </repository>

    </repositories>

  <dependencies>

<dependency>

    <groupId>org.json</groupId>

    <artifactId>json</artifactId>

    <version>20090211</version>

</dependency>



<dependency>

<groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>

<artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>

</dependency>

<dependency>

            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>

            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>

        </dependency>

        <dependency>

            <groupId>org.springframework.ldap</groupId>

            <artifactId>spring-ldap-core</artifactId>

            </dependency>

        <dependency>

            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>

            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>

            <scope>test</scope>

        </dependency>



        <dependency>

            <groupId>com.jayway.jsonpath</groupId>

            <artifactId>json-path</artifactId>

            <scope>test</scope>

        </dependency>

</dependencies>

</project>

Once you build a project via maven it automatically being added to maven local repository and you can reference it from any maven project inside pom.xml.
Please attach pom files for both project.

Edit:
add this dependency to projectA pom.xml file:

<dependency>

                <groupId>com.firm</groupId>

                <artifactId>projectB</artifactId>

                <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>

</dependency>