Hi Matt, Could you provide your 3 POMs ? -- Yann
2006/1/12, Matt Gauger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I'm using Maven 2.0.1 > I have a top-level pom.xml (<packaging>pom</packaging>) which builds 2 > modules. Module A has only external dependencies. Module B has > external dependencies, but is also dependent on Module A. Module B uses > a class from Module A in java source compilation, as well as in a unit > test. > > Running "mvn test" from the top level results in success. > Running "mvn package" from the top level results in a > java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError during the unit test of Module B. > > Using the -e and -X flags, I can see that during the "mvn -e -X test" > run, the Test Classpath for Module B contains: moduleA/target/classes, > and this is the case where no error occurs. > For the "mvn -e -X package" run, the Test Classpath for Module B > contains: moduleA/target/moduleA-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar, and the class in > question is in there with the correct path. This is the point where my > head begins to spin. > > Has anyone else seen this problem? Or better yet, have a suggested > solution. > > Here is a little additional information... > If I just do an "mvn install" on Module A, I get moduleA-1.0- > SNAPSHOT.jar in my local repo with no problem. Then when I try to do a > "mvn test" only on Module B, I get the same NoClassDefFoundError. This > time the moduleA-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar is put on the Test Classpath from my > local repo. So "mvn test" works fine when building both modules > together via the parent pom, but not Module B by itself. The similarity > seems to be when the moduleA-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar is used (either from my > local repo, or from it's target directory), that's when I get the > NoClassDefFoundError. Any insight would be greatly appreciated. > > -Matt > >