Maven java compile error can not access CommonClassA - maven

Background:
I am developing Maven multi module project.
One of the module is common module needed by other all modules.
This module contain CommonClassA.java.
common module is properly compiled.
It is installed into maven local repository properly.
One of the class(Billtype.java) in other module (EmployeeBilling) refers this class(CommonClassA.java).
Maven Dependency for common module is properly specified in pom.xml of EmployeeBilling module.
Problem:
While compiling EmployeeBilling module it throws
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:2.3.2:compile (default-compile) on project EmployeeBilling: Compilation failure
[ERROR] \MyWorkspace\Biz\EmployeeBilling\src\main\java\com\employee\Billtype.java:[79,19] error: cannot access CommonClassA
[ERROR] -> [Help 1]**
Supporting details:
dependency defined in EmployeeBilling> pom.xml:
Other classes from common module seems accessible as no error observed
There are no other errors like Class not found/file not found.
The class CommonCLassA implements Serializable
Same error occurs from Eclipse as well as commond line
I am using M2E plugin
Tools:
jdk1.7.0_02
OS: Windows 7
Eclipse JUNO and apache-maven-3.1.0
Thanks in advance!

If project builds properly using eclipse compiler then it should work with Maven.
Few things to check if its not working with maven:
Manually check in repository that jar is installed properly and it contains your class file.
Try to build project using locally installed Maven instead of maven in eclipse.
Set -DskipTest=true while installing your jar, as it can cause issues at times.
If these steps don't work then show us your pom.

With no more information it's hard to find the cause. But I also had this problems now and then, and there are some things which could go wrong:
Are you using the right JAVA version (everywhere) ?
... and the right java PROVIDER? (Oracle, IBM, OpenJDK) In my case it's often this issue, I'm sometimes bound to IBM JDK, although I try to use Oracle where I can and this sometimes breaks my build.
Is the right maven dependency VERSION used? If you depend on it multiple times, and all in the same (lower than root) dept of dependencies, Maven will just "choose" a version. It could be that thát version is incompatible with your code of thát particular dependency
Skipping tests sometimes WORKS! It has something to do with maven phases and getting stuff ready for using it elsewhere.
Good luck :)

I had the same problem. Even the jar dependency has the required class files. Finally I deleted the local maven repo and restarted the build. Now it worked without any issue.

It looks like you are using an old version of maven-compiler-plugin (v2.3.2).
I suggest you upgrade it to 3.x. it won't magically fix your issue but it will definitely give you better / more detailed error message.

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I created the libraries and 'installed' them into my local maven repo (using mvn install). This created a subdirectory related to the 'version' name that was in the POM file from when I ran the command. Which seemed fine.
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ps I've already tried things such as mvn dependency:purge-local-repository which definitely pulled in / updated all the local jar dependencies.
So I've managed to work around my problem.
As such this solution is ridiculous, and breaks all the purpose of maven.
So I found (from running maven from the cli) that there was an error in the parent of the project I was attempting to use.
The parent was missing a direct link to the scm plugin (version error).
Once I solved this problem, I then returned to the sub project, and got a lot of errors from missing stuff from the parent.
Essentially it was not 'seeing' all the log4j dependencies.
The solution (well non-solution really).
Add all the log4j dependencies to the sub project.
Edit in SCM and surefire test plugins (as it also started to fail the test code due to missing junit).
So this is great.
I have to define all my dependencies on log4j and in my sub / child project's pom.xml file.
I also need to define them all in my parent's pom.
As it then still refused to run tests in my new project (that used the above as a dependency), and refused to find log4j also. I then decided to add all of these as dependencies for my current project.
Great.
I thought the whole point of maven was I could define my dependency on log4j in my my logging library that I use (which is the dependency), and then it would 'automagically' pull in all the required from this dependency.
Clearly not.
As stated at the start. This is NOT AN ANSWER it is a crazy work around.
My logging library that I use should be able to define its own requirement on a specific log4j version (such as moving from log4j to log4j2), and then when I include this as a maven dependency any change to the required dependency should be seen automatically.
But No : I have to import the dependency on log4j in my other projects also. So now if I had updated my logging library from log4j to log4j2 I would need to go to all my project that use this library and update their pom's to ensure that I have the correct version of log4j.
Seems the whole point of maven has just been lost!
Can someone please tell me where I am going wrong!
David.

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If you add then directly to the pom (as i was doing before) there is an additional step that seems a bit strange and that is to select the project (again i am using m2eclipse) not the pom, and then click maven -> update dependencies ...
Seems odd because I am not running in offline mode, I would think that when i run mvn compiler:compile from the command line that it should notice that it needs to resolve the dependency and then go get it from the repository...
maybe there is a setting that i have to have to force this to happen?
In any event i hope this saves someone some time :)

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