No compile errors but still cannot find symbol on Maven

Question

I am having a weird issue. I added an interface in a different module, and the IDE compiles fine and everything works fine when I run it on my IDE, but when I do mvn clean install I get an error saying cannot find symbol MyInterface. Here is the log of the mvn clean install:

[ERROR] COMPILATION ERROR : 
[INFO] -------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] /Users/path/to/MyClass.java:[5,37] cannot find symbol
  symbol:   class MyInterface
  location: package path.to.where.interface.lives
[INFO] 1 error
[INFO] -------------------------------------------------------------

And the line in MyClass.java where it's complaining about is:

import path.to.where.interface.lives.MyInterface;

And my interface looks like this:

package path.to.where.interface.lives;

public interface MyInterface {
    public void method();
}

I even added the dependency to the path.to.where.interface.lives package, in the pom file of where MyClass.java lives, but I am still seeing the issue.

On a side note `myInterface` should be named as `MyInterface` and `myClass` should be named as `MyClass`. — Arvind Kumar Avinash, Feb 06 '20 at 22:24
Did you check https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14164386/maven-cannot-find-symbol-message-unhelpful — Arvind Kumar Avinash, Feb 06 '20 at 22:34
I doubt `interface` is a valid package component, for it's a keyword. If the package name is really `path.to.where.interface.lives`, then this package name is invalid, and should be renamed to something like `path.to.where.myinterface.lives`. — MC Emperor, Feb 06 '20 at 23:28

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 07 '20 at 19:11

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I was able to resolve this issue by running mvn clean install on the entire project first, as I was originally running mvn clean install only on a specific module.

answered Feb 07 '20 at 19:11

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