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Maven doesn't resolve parent POM file

I have a parent POM file and four child POM files. The child modules can't resolve the relativePath ../pom.xml.

Error: Error

Project structure: Project structure

man clean install -X: mvn clean install -X

ParentPom:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven 4.0.0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

    <groupId>filler</groupId>
    <artifactId>filler</artifactId>
    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
    <name>filler</name>
    <packaging>pom</packaging>

    <modules>
        <module>account-service</module>
        <module>lottery-ticket-service</module>
        <module>lottery-service</module>
        <module>service-registry</module>
    </modules>

ChildPom/lottery-ticket-service:

<parent>
    <groupId>filler</groupId>
    <artifactId>filler</artifactId>
    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
    <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
</parent>

<artifactId>lottery-ticket-service</artifactId
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>

<properties>
    <java.version>13</java.version>
</properties>

ChildPom/lottery-service:

<parent>
    <groupId>filler</groupId>
    <artifactId>filler</artifactId>
    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
    <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
</parent>

<artifactId>lottery-service</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>

<properties>
    <java.version>13</java.version>
</properties>

ChildPom/service-registry:

<parent>
    <groupId>filler</groupId>
    <artifactId>filler</artifactId>
    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
    <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
</parent>

<artifactId>service-registry</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>

<properties>
    <java.version>13</java.version>
</properties>

ChildPom/account-service:

<parent>
    <groupId>filler</groupId>
    <artifactId>filler</artifactId>
    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
    <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
</parent>

<artifactId>account-service</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>

<properties>
    <java.version>13</java.version>
</properties>
Solution

  • Remove this tag from child pom.xml by default it will search in parent dir 

    <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>