I had an interesting problem building Apache NiFi (1.11.4) using Java 11 which resulted in a build failure. The environment is on a private network with a dedicated Nexus repository. I used the maven option "-DskipTests". It appears test execution was skipped, but maven still attempted to compile the source. In the end, the failure was due to a missing dependency from the Nexus repo. Specifically, the artifact was a dependency in nifi-accumulo-processors, but only required by test classes.
Group: org.openjfx Name: javafx.base Version: 11.0.0-SNAPSHOT First, it surprised me that a SNAPSHOT version was allowed. However, since it is required only for a test, perhaps this may not be an issue. Can someone please confirm? Secondly, why did maven still attempt to compile test classes even when using the option "-DskipTests" ? Is there something in the nifi poms overriding the behavior? Or have I just misunderstood what -DskipTests does? I had the same results on Maven version 3.6.3 and 3.5.0. Thanks.
