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How do I get JaCoCo to work with Maven and JUnit 4.11?

I'm having trouble getting JaCoCo to work with Maven. I keep running into either
Skipping JaCoCo execution due to missing execution data file.
Or
The parameters 'rules' for goal org.jacoco:jacoco-maven-plugin:0.8.2:check are missing or invalid
I also can't seem to get JaCoCo to run with just mvn clean test instead I have to run mvn clean test jacoco:report or mvn clean test jacoco:check
I've tried a variety of methods of editing my POM file, such as adding configuration for destFile and dataFile, as well as the POM settings here: https://howtodoinjava.com/junit5/jacoco-test-coverage/ and here https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/reporting-code-coverage-using-maven-and-jacoco-plugin/ . Any help would be greatly appreciated. Below is my POM file
<?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 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>com.NAME.PROJECTNAME</groupId>
<artifactId>PROJECTNAME</artifactId>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<name>PROJECTNAME</name>
<!-- FIXME change it to the project's website -->
<url>http://www.example.com</url>
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
<maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>4.11</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
<artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
<version>4.4.0</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.openjfx</groupId>
<artifactId>javafx-controls</artifactId>
<version>17.0.1</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<pluginManagement><!-- lock down plugins versions to avoid using Maven defaults (may be moved to parent pom) -->
<plugins>
<!-- clean lifecycle, see https://maven.apache.org/ref/current/maven-core/lifecycles.html#clean_Lifecycle -->
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.1.0</version>
</plugin>
<!-- default lifecycle, jar packaging: see https://maven.apache.org/ref/current/maven-core/default-bindings.html#Plugin_bindings_for_jar_packaging -->
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0.2</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.8.0</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.22.1</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
<artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>0.8.2</version>
<configuration>
<destFile>${basedir}/target/coverage-reports/jacoco-unit.exec</destFile>
<dataFile>${basedir}/target/coverage-reports/jacoco-unit.exec</dataFile>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>prepare-agent</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
<!-- attached to Maven test phase -->
<execution>
<id>report</id>
<phase>test</phase>
<goals>
<goal>report</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0.2</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.5.2</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.8.2</version>
</plugin>
<!-- site lifecycle, see https://maven.apache.org/ref/current/maven-core/lifecycles.html#site_Lifecycle -->
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.7.1</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-project-info-reports-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0.0</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.openjfx</groupId>
<artifactId>javafx-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>0.0.8</version>
<configuration>
<mainClass>HelloFX</mainClass>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</pluginManagement>
</build>
</project>

This is because you are using <pluginManagement> tag, and <plugins> are put inside it.
As per the Maven documentation on <pluginManagement>,
pluginManagement: is an element that is seen along side plugins. Plugin Management contains plugin elements in much the same way, except that rather than configuring plugin information for this particular project build, it is intended to configure project builds that inherit from this one. However, this only configures plugins that are actually referenced within the plugins element in the children or in the current POM. The children have every right to override pluginManagement definitions.
In short, you will use <pluginManagement> in case of multi-module Maven project. Here is a bit more explanation in this answer.
I removed the <pluginManagement> tag from pom.xml and now the build is working and Jacoco report is getting generated.
-> mvn clean verify
...
[INFO] --- jacoco-maven-plugin:0.8.2:prepare-agent (default) # PROJECTNAME ---
[WARNING] The artifact xml-apis:xml-apis:jar:2.0.2 has been relocated to xml-apis:xml-apis:jar:1.0.b2
[INFO] argLine set to -javaagent:/home/codejournal/.m2/repository/org/jacoco/org.jacoco.agent/0.8.2/org.jacoco.agent-0.8.2-runtime.jar=destfile=/tmp/maven-jacoco/target/coverage-reports/jacoco-unit.exec
...
...
[INFO] --- jacoco-maven-plugin:0.8.2:report (report) # PROJECTNAME ---
[INFO] Loading execution data file /tmp/maven-jacoco/target/coverage-reports/jacoco-unit.exec
[INFO] Analyzed bundle 'PROJECTNAME' with 1 classes
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-jar-plugin:3.0.2:jar (default-jar) # PROJECTNAME ---
[INFO] Building jar: /tmp/maven-jacoco/target/PROJECTNAME-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD SUCCESS
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 2.141 s
[INFO] Finished at: 2022-04-24T02:18:30+05:30
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-> cat target/site/jacoco/jacoco.csv
GROUP,PACKAGE,CLASS,INSTRUCTION_MISSED,INSTRUCTION_COVERED,BRANCH_MISSED,BRANCH_COVERED,LINE_MISSED,LINE_COVERED,COMPLEXITY_MISSED,COMPLEXITY_COVERED,METHOD_MISSED,METHOD_COVERED
PROJECTNAME,io.codejournal.maven.jacoco,Hello,7,0,0,0,3,0,2,0,2,0

Error: Could not find or load main class while executing jar file

I have created two java file my maven project one is POJO class and another one is java main class file. I want to make my project as an executable jar file which i want to run externally using java -jar command.
Please find my pom.xml file
<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 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>ElasticSearchUtility</groupId>
<artifactId>ElasticSearchUtility</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.elasticsearch</groupId>
<artifactId>elasticsearch</artifactId>
<version>6.1.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.elasticsearch.client</groupId>
<artifactId>elasticsearch-rest-high-level-client</artifactId>
<version>6.1.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.elasticsearch.client</groupId>
<artifactId>rest</artifactId>
<version>5.1.2</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-eclipse-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.9</version>
<configuration>
<downloadSources>true</downloadSources>
<downloadJavadocs>false</downloadJavadocs>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<!-- Set a compiler level -->
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.3.2</version>
<configuration>
<source>1.8</source>
<target>1.8</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<!-- Make this jar executable -->
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<excludes>
<exclude>**/log4j.properties</exclude>
</excludes>
<archive>
<manifest>
<addClasspath>true</addClasspath>
<mainClass>com.es.utility.DocumentIndex</mainClass>
<classpathPrefix>dependency-jars/</classpathPrefix>
</manifest>
</archive>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<!-- Copy project dependency -->
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.5.1</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>copy-dependencies</id>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<!-- exclude junit, we need runtime dependency only -->
<includeScope>runtime</includeScope>
<outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/dependency-jars/</outputDirectory>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
While am executing my jar file using java -jar command. Am getting the error
Error: Could not find or load main class com.es.utility.DocumentIndex
Please find my project structure also :

If there are no classes in the .jar it's probably because maven can't find them. The default path for java classes in Maven is src/main/java, try moving them there and run Maven again.

To add to #kshetline's comment, make sure com.es.utility.DocumentIndex is the correct path to your main class. When you unzip the generated jar, DocumentIndex.class should be in the com/es/utility folder.

Java Error - lambda expressions are not supported in -source 1.5 (use -source 8 or higher to enable lambda expressions)

I am trying to build a Kafka Streams Application that uses lambda expressions.
My maven build configuration is mvn clean install
When I do RunAs > Maven build, I get the following error:
[ERROR] COMPILATION ERROR :
[INFO] -------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] /home/junaid/eMumba/StreamsExample/streams.examples/src/main/java/myapps/Pipe.java:[53,38] lambda expressions are not supported in -source 1.5
(use -source 8 or higher to enable lambda expressions)
[INFO] 1 error
[INFO] -------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 2.265 s
[INFO] Finished at: 2018-02-24T14:50:04+05:00
[INFO] Final Memory: 11M/150M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:3.1:compile (default-compile) on project streams.examples: Compilation failure
[ERROR] /home/junaid/eMumba/StreamsExample/streams.examples/src/main/java/myapps/Pipe.java:[53,38] lambda expressions are not supported in -source 1.5
[ERROR] (use -source 8 or higher to enable lambda expressions)
In Java Build Path I have JRE System Library [JavaSE 1.8].
In Preferences > Java > Installed JREs I have java-8-openjdk
This is my pom.xml:
I have added the org.apache.maven.plugins: maven-compiler-plugin dependency at the end.
<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 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>streamsexamples</groupId>
<artifactId>streams.examples</artifactId>
<version>0.1</version>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<name>Kafka Streams Quickstart :: Java</name>
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<kafka.version>1.0.0</kafka.version>
<slf4j.version>1.7.7</slf4j.version>
<log4j.version>1.2.17</log4j.version>
</properties>
<!-- Execute "mvn clean package -Pbuild-jar" to build a jar file out of
this project! -->
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>copy-dependencies</id>
<phase>prepare-package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<outputDirectory>
${project.build.directory}/libs
</outputDirectory>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0.2</version>
<configuration>
<archive>
<manifest>
<addClasspath>true</addClasspath>
<classpathPrefix>libs/</classpathPrefix>
<mainClass>
myapps.Pipe
</mainClass>
</manifest>
</archive>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
<dependencies>
<!-- Apache Kafka dependencies -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
<artifactId>kafka-streams</artifactId>
<version>${kafka.version}</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.json/json -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.json</groupId>
<artifactId>json</artifactId>
<version>20180130</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.maven.plugins/maven-compiler-plugin -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.1</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</project>
What can I do to resolve this?

Try to add the source and target version to your pom:
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.7.0</version>
<configuration>
<source>1.8</source>
<target>1.8</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
See https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-compiler-plugin/examples/set-compiler-source-and-target.html

Use this pom.xml. Specify the source and target versions for maven-compiler-plugin.
<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 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>streamsexamples</groupId>
<artifactId>streams.examples</artifactId>
<version>0.1</version>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<name>Kafka Streams Quickstart :: Java</name>
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<kafka.version>1.0.0</kafka.version>
<slf4j.version>1.7.7</slf4j.version>
<log4j.version>1.2.17</log4j.version>
</properties>
<!-- Execute "mvn clean package -Pbuild-jar" to build a jar file out of
this project! -->
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>copy-dependencies</id>
<phase>prepare-package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<outputDirectory>
${project.build.directory}/libs
</outputDirectory>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0.2</version>
<configuration>
<archive>
<manifest>
<addClasspath>true</addClasspath>
<classpathPrefix>libs/</classpathPrefix>
<mainClass>
myapps.Pipe
</mainClass>
</manifest>
</archive>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.1</version>
<configuration>
<source>1.8</source>
<target>1.8</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
<dependencies>
<!-- Apache Kafka dependencies -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
<artifactId>kafka-streams</artifactId>
<version>${kafka.version}</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.json/json -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.json</groupId>
<artifactId>json</artifactId>
<version>20180130</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.maven.plugins/maven-compiler-plugin -->
</dependencies>

Maven shade plugin isn't placing dependency class files into jar

My Maven project uses an external library as a dependency, com.sk89q.intake:intake, which I'm trying to package into my jar via the maven-shade-plugin. When building the project, the resulting jar does not contain any of the class files of com.sk89q.intake:intake. During the build process, I get this message, but the build continues on and succeeds:
[INFO] --- maven-shade-plugin:2.4.2:shade (default) # EventManagerPlugin
[INFO] No artifact matching filter com.sk89q.intake:intake
Why is this happening? I'm able to download, access, and use the dependency in my project, so there shouldn't be anything wrong with naming of the artifact.
pom.xml
<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 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>deletethis.eventmanager</groupId>
<artifactId>EventManagerPlugin</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0-beta1</version>
<repositories>
<repository>
<id>spigot-repo</id>
<url>https://hub.spigotmc.org/nexus/content/repositories/snapshots/</url>
</repository>
<repository>
<id>maven.sk89q.com</id>
<url>http://maven.sk89q.com/repo/</url>
</repository>
</repositories>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.spigotmc</groupId>
<artifactId>spigot-api</artifactId>
<version>1.8.8-R0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.bukkit</groupId>
<artifactId>bukkit</artifactId>
<version>1.8.8-R0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.sk89q.intake</groupId>
<artifactId>intake</artifactId>
<version>4.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.1</version>
<configuration>
<source>1.7</source>
<target>1.7</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.5</version>
<configuration>
<archive>
<manifestEntries>
<Built-By>deletethis</Built-By>
</manifestEntries>
</archive>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.4.2</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>shade</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<filters>
<filter>
<artifact>com.sk89q.intake:intake</artifact>
<includes>
<include>com/sk89q/intake/**</include>
</includes>
</filter>
</filters>
<relocations>
<relocation>
<pattern>com.sk89q.intake</pattern>
<shadedPattern>deletethis.eventmanager.lib.com.sk89q.intake</shadedPattern>
</relocation>
</relocations>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
As you can see, I am including the com.sk89q.intake:intake artifact. I have looked through the maven-shade-plugin documentation and don't see what I'm doing wrong. The naming is consistent with everything I have found online; that is, groupId:artifactId.
I have also tried building without the <relocation> class relocation tags to see if they were interfering.
It may be useful to know that I'm using M2Eclipse and building with the clean install goals.

The problem is that your are declaring the com.sk89q.intake:intake dependency with the provided scope.
Provided dependency are expected to be provided by the container at runtime so the maven-shade-plugin will not add it to your shaded jar. As such, you need to remove the provided scope from the dependency declaration:
<dependency>
<groupId>com.sk89q.intake</groupId>
<artifactId>intake</artifactId>
<version>4.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
</dependency>
Relevant build log after this change:
[INFO] --- maven-shade-plugin:2.4.2:shade (default) # test ---
[INFO] Including com.sk89q.intake:intake:jar:4.2-SNAPSHOT in the shaded jar.
[INFO] Including com.google.guava:guava:jar:18.0 in the shaded jar.
[INFO] Including com.google.code.findbugs:jsr305:jar:3.0.0 in the shaded jar.

Unable to find a suitable main class, please add a 'mainClass' property, Spring boot

Hi friends i am developing a spring boot maven based project and and i have created a maven submodules but when i try to run my project it gives an error
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-maven-plugin:1.2.5.RELEASE:run (default-cli) on project demo-jhipster: Unable to find a suitable main class, please add a 'mainClass' property -> [Help 1]
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException: Failed to execute goal org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-maven-plugin:1.2.5.RELEASE:run (default-cli) on project demo-jhipster: Unable to find a suitable main class, please add a 'mainClass' property
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:216)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:153)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:145)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:116)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:80)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.builder.singlethreaded.SingleThreadedBuilder.build(SingleThreadedBuilder.java:51)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.execute(LifecycleStarter.java:120)
at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:355)
at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:155)
at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.execute(MavenCli.java:584)
at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.doMain(MavenCli.java:216)
at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:160)
my parent pom and child pom is
<?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 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<parent>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<version>1.2.5.RELEASE</version>
<relativePath />
</parent>
<groupId>com.aquevix.demo</groupId>
<artifactId>demo-jhipster</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>pom</packaging>
<name>demo_jhipster</name>
<prerequisites>
<maven>3.0.0</maven>
</prerequisites>
<modules>
<module>JhipsterSubmodule</module>
</modules>
<properties>
<assertj-core.version>3.1.0</assertj-core.version>
<awaitility.version>1.4.0</awaitility.version>
<commons-io.version>2.4</commons-io.version>
<commons-lang.version>2.6</commons-lang.version>
<gatling-maven-plugin.version>2.1.6</gatling-maven-plugin.version>
<gatling.version>2.1.6</gatling.version>
<hibernate.version>4.3.10.Final</hibernate.version>
<hikaricp.version>2.4.0</hikaricp.version>
<jacoco-maven-plugin.version>0.7.4.201502262128</jacoco-maven-plugin.version>
<java.version>1.8</java.version>
<javax.inject.version>1</javax.inject.version>
<joda-time-hibernate.version>1.4</joda-time-hibernate.version>
<liquibase-hibernate4.version>3.5</liquibase-hibernate4.version>
<liquibase-slf4j.version>1.2.1</liquibase-slf4j.version>
<liquibase.version>3.4.1</liquibase.version>
<mapstruct.version>1.0.0.CR1</mapstruct.version>
<maven-enforcer-plugin.version>1.3.1</maven-enforcer-plugin.version>
<maven-sortpom-plugin.version>2.3.0</maven-sortpom-plugin.version>
<maven.build.timestamp.format>yyyyMMddHHmmss</maven.build.timestamp.format>
<maven.compiler.source>${java.version}</maven.compiler.source>
<maven.compiler.target>${java.version}</maven.compiler.target>
<metrics-spark-reporter.version>1.2</metrics-spark-reporter.version>
<metrics-spring.version>3.1.2</metrics-spring.version>
<!-- Sonar properties -->
<project.testresult.directory>${project.build.directory}/test-results</project.testresult.directory>
<run.addResources>false</run.addResources>
<sonar-maven-plugin.version>2.6</sonar-maven-plugin.version>
<sonar.exclusions>src/main/webapp/assets/**/*.*, src/main/webapp/bower_components/**/*.*, src/main/webapp/dist/**/*.*</sonar.exclusions>
<sonar.jacoco.itReportPath>${project.testresult.directory}/coverage/jacoco/jacoco-it.exec</sonar.jacoco.itReportPath>
<sonar.jacoco.reportPath>${project.testresult.directory}/coverage/jacoco/jacoco.exec</sonar.jacoco.reportPath>
<sonar.java.codeCoveragePlugin>jacoco</sonar.java.codeCoveragePlugin>
<sonar.javascript.jstestdriver.reportsPath>${project.testresult.directory}/karma</sonar.javascript.jstestdriver.reportsPath>
<sonar.javascript.lcov.reportPath>${project.testresult.directory}/coverage/report-lcov/lcov.info</sonar.javascript.lcov.reportPath>
<sonar.sources>${project.basedir}/src/main/</sonar.sources>
<sonar.surefire.reportsPath>${project.testresult.directory}/surefire-reports</sonar.surefire.reportsPath>
<sonar.tests>${project.basedir}/src/test/</sonar.tests>
<spring-security.version>4.0.2.RELEASE</spring-security.version>
<springfox.version>2.0.3</springfox.version>
<usertype-core.version>4.0.0.GA</usertype-core.version>
</properties>
<dependencies>
// dependencies..
</dependencies>
<build>
<resources>
<resource>
<filtering>true</filtering>
<directory>src/main/resources</directory>
<includes>
<include>**/*.xml</include>
</includes>
</resource>
<resource>
<filtering>false</filtering>
<directory>src/main/resources</directory>
<excludes>
<exclude>**/*.xml</exclude>
</excludes>
</resource>
</resources>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>com.google.code.sortpom</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-sortpom-plugin</artifactId>
<version>${maven-sortpom-plugin.version}</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<phase>verify</phase>
<goals>
<goal>sort</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
<configuration>
<sortProperties>true</sortProperties>
<nrOfIndentSpace>4</nrOfIndentSpace>
<sortDependencies>groupId,artifactId</sortDependencies>
<sortPlugins>groupId,artifactId</sortPlugins>
<keepBlankLines>true</keepBlankLines>
<expandEmptyElements>false</expandEmptyElements>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>io.gatling</groupId>
<artifactId>gatling-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>${gatling-maven-plugin.version}</version>
<configuration>
<configFolder>src/test/gatling/conf</configFolder>
<dataFolder>src/test/gatling/data</dataFolder>
<resultsFolder>target/gatling/results</resultsFolder>
<bodiesFolder>src/test/gatling/bodies</bodiesFolder>
<simulationsFolder>src/test/gatling/simulations</simulationsFolder>
<!-- This will force Gatling to ask which simulation to run
This is useful when you have multiple simulations -->
<simulationClass>*</simulationClass>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-eclipse-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<downloadSources>true</downloadSources>
<downloadJavadocs>true</downloadJavadocs>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
<version>${maven-enforcer-plugin.version}</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>enforce-versions</id>
<goals>
<goal>enforce</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
<configuration>
<rules>
<requireMavenVersion>
<message>You are running an older version of Maven. JHipster requires at least Maven 3.0</message>
<version>[3.0.0,)</version>
</requireMavenVersion>
<requireJavaVersion>
<message>You are running an older version of Java. JHipster requires at least JDK ${java.version}</message>
<version>[${java.version}.0,)</version>
</requireJavaVersion>
</rules>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<argLine>-Xmx256m ${surefireArgLine}</argLine>
<!-- Force alphabetical order to have a reproducible build -->
<runOrder>alphabetical</runOrder>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<packagingExcludes>WEB-INF/lib/tomcat-*.jar</packagingExcludes>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.bsc.maven</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-processor-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.2.4</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>process</id>
<phase>generate-sources</phase>
<goals>
<goal>process</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.mapstruct</groupId>
<artifactId>mapstruct-processor</artifactId>
<version>${mapstruct.version}</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<configuration>
<defaultOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/generated-sources</defaultOutputDirectory>
<processors>
<processor>org.mapstruct.ap.MappingProcessor</processor>
</processors>
<options>
<mapstruct.suppressGeneratorTimestamp>true</mapstruct.suppressGeneratorTimestamp>
<mapstruct.defaultComponentModel>spring</mapstruct.defaultComponentModel>
</options>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>sonar-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>${sonar-maven-plugin.version}</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
<artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>${jacoco-maven-plugin.version}</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>pre-unit-tests</id>
<goals>
<goal>prepare-agent</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<!-- Sets the path to the file which contains the execution data. -->
<destFile>${project.testresult.directory}/coverage/jacoco/jacoco.exec</destFile>
<!-- Sets the name of the property containing the settings for JaCoCo runtime agent. -->
<propertyName>surefireArgLine</propertyName>
</configuration>
</execution>
<!-- Ensures that the code coverage report for unit tests is created after unit tests have been run -->
<execution>
<id>post-unit-test</id>
<phase>test</phase>
<goals>
<goal>report</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<dataFile>${project.testresult.directory}/coverage/jacoco/jacoco.exec</dataFile>
<outputDirectory>${project.testresult.directory}/coverage/jacoco</outputDirectory>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.liquibase</groupId>
<artifactId>liquibase-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>${liquibase.version}</version>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.javassist</groupId>
<artifactId>javassist</artifactId>
<version>3.18.2-GA</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.liquibase.ext</groupId>
<artifactId>liquibase-hibernate4</artifactId>
<version>${liquibase-hibernate4.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
<version>${project.parent.version}</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<configuration>
<changeLogFile>src/main/resources/config/liquibase/master.xml</changeLogFile>
<diffChangeLogFile>src/main/resources/config/liquibase/changelog/${maven.build.timestamp}_changelog.xml</diffChangeLogFile>
<driver />
<url />
<defaultSchemaName />
<username />
<password />
<referenceUrl>hibernate:spring:com.aquevix.demo.domain?dialect=</referenceUrl>
<verbose>true</verbose>
<logging>debug</logging>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<jvmArguments>-agentlib:jdwp=transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=n,address=5005</jvmArguments>
<arguments>
<argument>--spring.profiles.active=dev</argument>
</arguments>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
<profiles>
<profile>
<id>dev</id>
<activation>
<activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
</activation>
<properties>
<!-- log configuration -->
<logback.loglevel>DEBUG</logback.loglevel>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</profile>
<profile>
<id>fast</id>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<arguments>
<argument>--spring.profiles.active=dev,fast</argument>
</arguments>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
<properties>
<!-- log configuration -->
<logback.loglevel>DEBUG</logback.loglevel>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-undertow</artifactId>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</profile>
<profile>
<id>prod</id>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>com.github.trecloux</groupId>
<artifactId>yeoman-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>0.4</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>run-frontend-build</id>
<phase>generate-resources</phase>
<goals>
<goal>build</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<buildTool>grunt</buildTool>
<buildArgs>build --force --no-color</buildArgs>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
<configuration>
<yeomanProjectDirectory>${project.basedir}</yeomanProjectDirectory>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.5</version>
<configuration>
<filesets>
<fileset> <directory>src/main/webapp/dist</directory>
</fileset>
<fileset>
<directory>.tmp</directory>
</fileset>
<fileset>
<directory>node_modules</directory>
</fileset>
</filesets>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<arguments>
<argument>--spring.profiles.active=prod</argument>
</arguments>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
<properties>
<!-- log configuration -->
<logback.loglevel>INFO</logback.loglevel>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</profile>
</profiles>
</project>
and chile pom is
<?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 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<parent>
<artifactId>demo-jhipster</artifactId>
<groupId>com.aquevix.demo</groupId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
</parent>
<artifactId>JhipsterSubmodule1</artifactId>
</project>
I have googled but not found any solution please help in this regard!

In my case I had in main pom:
<parent>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
<version>2.0.3.RELEASE</version>
</parent>
which includes plugin spring-boot-maven-plugin.
I had to add to main pom to skip it:
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<skip>true</skip>
</configuration>
</plugin>
and then in module with ma Application class:
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<skip>false</skip>
</configuration>
</plugin>

I believe the issue I was having is similar to yours. I have a multi module app using Spring Boot and only one Application.java (with main method).
I was struggling with it trying to start it up using Maven and I got the same result as yours (unable to find a suitable main class).
I spent several hours trying and changing stuff and after adding the property mainClass to the pom, it couldn't find it.
Then I decided to run the project not from the root project but from the project where the Application class is.
By doing this I was able to start up Spring Boot and everything works like a charm.
Updated
If you want to package the whole thing to be executed with java -jar file you can run the command below from the root project:
mvn clean package spring-boot:repackage
Don't forget to add the spring-boot-maven-plugin to your pom.

Remove the maven build plugin code from the parent pom, which will be similar to the below, the below snippet should be only in the sub module pom where you have main class for spring boot application:
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>

I solved this by two steps:
In the parent module folder, run mvn install
Go to the sub module folder which contains the mainClass you need, run mvn clean spring-boot:start

Maybe you forgot to specify the main class to start.
In pom.xml:
<properties>
<start-class>com.ishanitech.controller.Application</start-class>
</properties>

If you are using IntellJ IDEA, maybe you can do it like this:
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<mainClass>add.your.main.class.application.reference.here</mainClass>
</configuration>
</plugin>
This solved my error.

Do you have a class in your app with a main method like:
public static void main(String[] args) {
SpringApplication.run(YourApplication.class, args);
}
Or do you even have multiple classes with main methods, in which case Spring can't figure out which one to use?

mvn clean spring-boot:start
…will give you the same error.
mvn clean package spring-boot:start
…is going to fix the issue by building the artifact before running sprint-boot:start.

If you don't want to create a fat jar, you can add follow lines in your pom.xml:
<properties>
<spring-boot.repackage.skip>true</spring-boot.repackage.skip>
</properties>

The issue is that spring looks for the main class in all modules of a multi module application.
If you have a multi-module application just add this to pom.xml of other modules which do not have the main class
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<skip>true</skip>
</configuration>
</plugin>
And main Class module pom.xml add
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<skip>false</skip>
</configuration>
</plugin>
Side note: Try to exclude didn't work for me

Use <pluginManagement> tag above the <plugins> tag
<pluginManagement>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</pluginManagement>

If you are trying to run a mvn spring-boot:run or just a mvn (as you seem to use JHipster and this is the way they wire it as default goal) in the root of your project, it is normal that if fail according that I think it can only be used in a plain spring boot project.
As your parent project seems to have severals Spring-Boot webapps, I guess that each one have their own main() launch class, and that you are just using a parent pom to factorize your poms and be able to package all your applications individually via a single command.
So, in that case, just run a mvn package, and not a mvn nor a mvn spring-boot:run.

I have also faced the same problem, but by adding the below line in my pom.xml I resolved the issue for my project:
<properties>
<start-class>com.hls.om.wp.AgencySearch</start-class>
</properties>
where the AgencySearch class has the main method for running the spring boot application.

If you follow the official guides and clone repository to local, then you got to folders, the guides let you cd initial, don't do that, cd complete and there will be no problem.

I had the same issue. In my case it was because I had my main class in a package that was not "parent" to my other packages which contained Controllers, Entities, etc. Something like this:
+- com.domain.myapp.app
| \- Application.java
+- com.domain.myapp.controllers
| \- AppController.java
+- com.domain.myapp.entities
| \- AppEntity.java
+- com.domain.myapp.services
| \- AppService.java
+- com.domain.myapp.repository
| \- AppRepo.java
The solution was to move my main class to a package which is hierarchily on top of the other packages since Spring Boot automatically searches this package and all sub-packages for classes with #Entity, #Component, #Service, #Repository annotations. The result was something like this:
+- com.domain.myapp
| \- Application.java
| +- com.domain.myapp.controllers
| | \- AppController.java
| +- com.domain.myapp.entities
| | \- AppEntity.java
| +- com.domain.myapp.services
| | \- AppService.java
| +- com.domain.myapp.repository
| | \- AppRepo.java
Hope it helps!
Regards

The only way that worked is to exactly have these respectively in your parent and module pom.xml:
PARENT:
<build>
<pluginManagement><!-- lock down plugins versions to avoid using Maven
defaults (may be moved to parent pom) -->
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<skip>true</skip>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<!-- clean lifecycle, see https://maven.apache.org/ref/current/maven-core/lifecycles.html#clean_Lifecycle -->
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.1.0</version>
</plugin>
<!-- default lifecycle, jar packaging: see https://maven.apache.org/ref/current/maven-core/default-bindings.html#Plugin_bindings_for_jar_packaging -->
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0.2</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.8.0</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.22.1</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0.2</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.5.2</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.8.2</version>
</plugin>
<!-- site lifecycle, see https://maven.apache.org/ref/current/maven-core/lifecycles.html#site_Lifecycle -->
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.7.1</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-project-info-reports-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0.0</version>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</pluginManagement>
</build>
MODULE
<build>
<pluginManagement>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<fork>true</fork>
<skip>false</skip>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>repackage</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<!-- clean lifecycle, see https://maven.apache.org/ref/current/maven-core/lifecycles.html#clean_Lifecycle -->
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.1.0</version>
</plugin>
<!-- default lifecycle, jar packaging: see https://maven.apache.org/ref/current/maven-core/default-bindings.html#Plugin_bindings_for_jar_packaging -->
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0.2</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.8.0</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.22.1</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0.2</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.5.2</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.8.2</version>
</plugin>
<!-- site lifecycle, see https://maven.apache.org/ref/current/maven-core/lifecycles.html#site_Lifecycle -->
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.7.1</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-project-info-reports-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0.0</version>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</pluginManagement>
</build>

In my multi-module project, I did a cd into the sub-module and I used Maven's exec:java goal instead of spring-boot:run.
mvn clean package exec:java -Dexec.mainClass="a.b.c.Application"
For me, this was sufficient, but I'm not sure what spring-boot:run does differently.

You can fix the problem by specifying the location of main as follows:
mvn spring-boot {com.ishanitech.controller.Application}:run

I did as following and it resolved
<packaging>war</packaging>
<properties>
<java.version>1.8</java.version>
<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
<maven.test.skip>true</maven.test.skip>
</properties>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<source>1.8</source>
<target>1.8</target>
<skip>true</skip>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>

The solution is change the pom.xml file
from this
<packaging>pom</packaging>
to this
<packaging>war</packaging>
or another value that you need depending of your deployment method.