Myujth

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>