java - Maven compile: package does not exist

Question

I have a (seemingly) simple maven problem I can not solve. In my POM I have specified a dependency to openrdf-sesame like this:

<dependency>
     <groupId>org.openrdf.sesame</groupId>
     <artifactId>sesame-runtime</artifactId>
     <version>2.7.2</version>
</dependency>

Running the project from eclipse works well, I can even export a runnable jar file. Unfortunately, I cant get it to work properly via cmd-line maven. To build a jar, I have added the following to my pom:

<build>
    <plugins>
        <plugin>
            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
            <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>2.3.2</version>
            <configuration>
                <source>1.6</source>
                <target>1.6</target>
            </configuration>
        </plugin>
        <plugin>
            <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
            <configuration>
                <descriptorRefs>
                    <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
                </descriptorRefs>
                <archive>
                    <manifest>
                        <mainClass>foo.bar.Cli</mainClass>
                    </manifest>
                </archive>
            </configuration>
        </plugin>
    </plugins>
</build>

The compilation fails with the following errors:

.../PLDReducer.java:[25,29] package org.openrdf.rio.rdfxml does not exist
.../PLDReducer.java:[27,33] package org.openrdf.sail.nativerdf does not exist
.../LowPLDReducer.java:[25,29] package org.openrdf.rio.rdfxml does not exist
.../Cli.java:[23,33] package org.openrdf.sail.nativerdf does not exist
.../SchemaBuilder.java:[30,33] package org.openrdf.sail.nativerdf does not exist
.../RepoQuerier.java:[23,33] package org.openrdf.sail.nativerdf does not exist
.../PLDReducer.java:[78,44] cannot find symbol

Strangely, as soon as I add the compile plugin to the pom and update project settings, eclipse cant seem to compile anymore as well. I have checked my repository, and all sesame files are in there.

mvn --version gives this output:

Apache Maven 2.2.1 (rdebian-8)
Java version: 1.6.0_27
Java home: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-amd64/jre
Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: UTF-8
OS name: "linux" version: "3.8.0-25-generic" arch: "amd64" Family: "unix"

I see that it seems to point to a jre, but my googling indicated that I would see another error if the compiler itself was not found. I have pasted the complete POM here, if it is of any help.

Is there anything I am missing? I can't find any errors in my POM.

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17250741/maven-compile-package-does-not-exist

Answer 1

You have to add the following dependency to your build:

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.openrdf.sesame</groupId>
    <artifactId>sesame-rio-api</artifactId>
    <version>2.7.2</version>
</dependency>

Furthermore i would suggest to take a deep look into the documentation about how to use the lib.