How to include .class files from dependency project maven?

Question

I have two maven projects:

This is the framework project and has the dependency classes in the src/main/java
This is the project that contains my test scripts in the src/test/java

I want to build a jar where both the class files are included from the project in the 2nd project's pom.xml file.

What type of plugin can do the job? I have tried using maven jar plugin and assembly plugin but neither of them solved my problem.

Sorry, I don't understand what you want to achieve. Classes in `src/test/java` are not packaged into jars. They are purely to run tests during the build. — J Fabian Meier, Dec 03 '20 at 08:32
what exactly you are trying to achieve? post more informatin. mazbe your pom.xml — Konstantin Pribluda, Dec 03 '20 at 08:33

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 03 '20 at 08:54

Both your tests and your main classes should be included in the same project, not separately. A test suite should not be a separate "module" that is imported as a dependency via pom.xml. Just as @J Fabian Meier pointed out - the tests are not included in your output file when compiled - they are just there to be ran while building to test your classes.

It's very unclear what you're trying to achieve. You might want to go through how a standard Maven project directory layout should look like.

How to include .class files from dependency project maven?

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