Where to put stub classes in Maven projects

Question

I have a Maven project with the following directory layout:

    .
└── src    
     ├── main
     │    └── ...
     └── test
           └── java
                 └── com.foo
                      ├── stubs
                      │   └── JsonSnippets.java
                      ├── bar
                      │   └── BarTest.java
                      └── ... further tests

The JsonSnippets class looks like this:

package com.foo.stubs;

public class JsonSnippets {

    public final static String SNIPPET_A = "{...}";

}

Within the BarTest class, I want to use the JsonSnippets class, therefore I have

package com.foo.bar;

import com.foo.stubs.JsonSnippets;

// ...

@Test
public void testWithJsonSnippets() {
    String json = JsonSnippets.SNIPPET_A;
    // ...
}

When I now run mvn test, I get the following error message:

cannot find symbol
[ERROR] symbol:   class JsonSnippets
[ERROR] location: package com.foo.bar

Remark everything works as expected, when I put the JsonSnippets class into the src/main/... package / directory.

yes - it is declared public - I will add this to my question, thx for asking! — Michael Lihs, Aug 01 '16 at 14:38
Can you check whether the JsonSnippets class is within your class path (target/test-classes)? — uniknow, Aug 03 '16 at 06:37
@uniknow - yes - the `JsonSnippets` is now compiled to `test-classes/.../stups/JsonSnippets.class` but still I cannot import / use it in my Test class (at least within IntelliJ). — Michael Lihs, Aug 04 '16 at 12:18

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 02 '16 at 19:04

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Check if you have imported the JsonSnippet class properly or not.

Check if JsonSnippet class has public constructor defined.

answered Aug 02 '16 at 19:04

Sumit Kumar

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I guess `import com.foo.stubs.JsonSnippets;` is the proper import of the class and I don't need a public constructor for a class that only contains static members - am I right? – Michael Lihs Aug 04 '16 at 08:51

Michael Lihs · Accepted Answer · 2016-09-29T19:19:31.990

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Problem was a broken Maven configuration in the project's directory. After I removed all non-project related cache files and created the project "from scratch" (with exactly the same sources), everything worked as described in my question.

edited Sep 29 '16 at 19:19

answered Aug 05 '16 at 10:10

Michael Lihs

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