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Binding Javadoc generation to mvn package

I'm new to Maven (first university assignment), and I'm trying to find help wherever I can.
I'm supposed to configure Maven in order for it to compile, create a JAR file, and generate javadoc when using the mvn package command.
I've tried adding javadoc goals to the pom.xml file, but nothing seems to force javadoc generation when using the package target.
Do any of you know if it is at all possible to do this ? If so, how ?
EDIT : I tried the below solution, and after reading more documentation, I think what I'm trying to do is to bind the mvn javadoc:javadoc execution to the package phase.
(I'm happy to delete the question if documentation on this exact issue is elsewhere, I have'nt found any though)
pom.xml 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>coo</groupId>
<artifactId>TP0</artifactId>
<version>1.1</version>
<name>TP0</name>
<!-- FIXME change it to the project's website -->
<url>https://www.boredbutton.com/</url>
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>4.11</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</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>
<!-- Javadoc -->
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.1.1</version>
<configuration>
<reportOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/docs</reportOutputDirectory>
<destDir>docs</destDir>
<nohelp>true</nohelp>
<!-- <additionalOptions>-html5</additionalOptions> -->
</configuration>
</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>
<configuration>
<archive>
<manifest>
<mainClass>student.MainStudent</mainClass>
</manifest>
</archive>
</configuration>
</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>
</project>

You have to configure a goal and a phase:
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<source>1.8</source>
<target>1.8</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.8.2</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.1.1</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>javadoc</goal>
</goals>
<id>execution1</id>
<phase>package</phase>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>

FileNotFoundException when running jar

I'm able to build my jar correctly using maven.
Inside my code I make the following:
InputStream input = new FileInputStream("src/configuration_file.txt");
Then when I run my jar I get the FileNotFoundException.
I know the file configuration_file.txt is there inside the jar because when I open it with winrar I'm able to see it directly.
Here's my POM just in case:
<?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>group7</groupId>
<artifactId>genetic</artifactId>
<version>1.0</version>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<name>main</name>
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>4.11</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
<artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
<version>2.5</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
<version>2.6</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<sourceDirectory>src/</sourceDirectory>
<resources>
<resource>
<directory>src/</directory>
<includes>
<include>*.txt</include>
</includes>
</resource>
</resources>
<pluginManagement><!-- lock down plugins versions to avoid using Maven defaults (may be moved to parent pom) -->
<plugins>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-project-info-reports-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0.0</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>single</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
<configuration>
<archive>
<manifest>
<addClasspath>true</addClasspath>
<mainClass>genetic_algorithm.Main</mainClass>
</manifest>
</archive>
<descriptorRefs>
<descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
</descriptorRefs>
</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>
</project>
I'm thinking the problem might be related with the folders and the path inside of the POM but I'm not sure and I really don't know what else to try.

The resource files by default (you are using defaults cause you don't define it in your pom) are supposed to go to src/main/resources for maven projects. Maven by default gets non source files from that directory and puts them in the correct place in the resulting jar.
To access resource that is inside the Jar you need to use the classloader. It has been described multiple times: Reading a resource file from within jar

Try this, it will work when our resource is inside a jar in case of a Spring Application
InputStream resource = new ClassPathResource("src/configuration_file.txt").getInputStream();

I thing you may consider this way
InputStream i = this.getClass().getResourceAsStream(File.separator+"configuration_file.txt");
BufferedReader r = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(i));
System.out.println(r.readLine());

apache-13 error appears at package lifecycle with maven

I created a simple Maven project on a rasberry pi and my project connects to a mysql database to be able to insert in, so to handle the dependencies and the plugins I have this pom.xml but when I try to make mvn package I have the following error knowing that it worked a first time and that it did well insert in my database I tried to look at several examples on the internet without result. thank you in advance
The error:
[ERROR] Plugin org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-surefire-plugin:2.17 or
one of its dependencies could not be resolved: Failed to read
artifact descriptor for
org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-surefire-plugin:jar:2.17: 1 problem
was encountered while building the effective model for
org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-surefire-plugin:[unknown-version]
[ERROR] [FATAL] Non-parseable POM
/home/pi/.m2/repository/org/apache/apache/13/apache-13.pom: comment
started on line 3 and column 5 was not closed (position:
START_DOCUMENT seen ...\ufffd\u63D\ufffd\u1\u4
\ufffd\ufffd2/\ufffd\ufffd7\ufffd/\ufffd\u00\ufffd\ufffd\u3\u0
\ufffd\n\u0\u0\ufffd\u3\u0
\ufffd\u0\u0\ufffd\ufffd$\u40d\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\u40\ufffd\ufffd\u3\u0\u13\ufffdI\ufffd\ufffd\u1a\u0\u0U\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\u1au\ufffd...
#81:40) caused by: java.io.EOFException: no more data available
START_DOCUMENT seen ...\ufffd\u63D\ufffd\u1\u4
\ufffd\ufffd2/\ufffd\ufffd7\ufffd/\ufffd\u00\ufffd\ufffd\u3\u0
\ufffd\n\u0\u0\ufffd\u3\u0
\ufffd\u0\u0\ufffd\ufffd$\u40d\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\u40\ufffd\ufffd\u3\u0\u13\ufffdI\ufffd\ufffd\u1a\u0\u0U\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\u1au\ufffd...
#81:40 # /home/pi/.m2/repository/org/apache/apache/13/apache-13.pom,
line 81, column 40
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>csRunBI</groupId>
<artifactId>csRunBi</artifactId>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
<properties>
<jodatime.version>2.5</jodatime.version>
<log4j.version>1.2.17</log4j.version>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>mysql</groupId>
<artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
<version>5.1.13</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.17</version>
<type>maven-plugin</type>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<finalName>csRunProject</finalName>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.3.2</version>
<configuration>
<source>${jdk.version}</source>
<target>${jdk.version}</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.1.2</version>
<configuration>
<archive>
<manifest>
<!-- Jar file entry point -->
<addClasspath>true</addClasspath>
<mainClass>Main</mainClass>
<classpathPrefix>dependency-jars/</classpathPrefix>
</manifest>
</archive>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<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>

If you are calling the variable jdk.version with ${jdk.version} you should define it in your pom.xml. You can simply add the new variable between your <properties>...</properties> tag like it:
<properties>
<jodatime.version>2.5</jodatime.version>
<log4j.version>1.2.17</log4j.version>
<jdk.version>1.8</jdk.version>
</properties>
You can read more about the pom properties: pom properties documentation

Java on Heroku can't find Main.class

I am trying to get a very simple Spark app running on Heroku. It runs fine locally. I suspect it's some subtle Maven problem because I've used some Maven scripts from Heroku that I don't quite understand.
Here's my 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>SparkDemo</groupId>
<artifactId>SparkDemo</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<build>
<sourceDirectory>src</sourceDirectory>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.3</version>
<configuration>
<source>1.8</source>
<target>1.8</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>single</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
<configuration>
<descriptorRefs>
<!-- This tells Maven to include all dependencies -->
<descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
</descriptorRefs>
<archive>
<manifest>
<mainClass>Main</mainClass>
</manifest>
</archive>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>com.heroku.sdk</groupId>
<artifactId>heroku-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>0.4.4</version>
<configuration>
<jdkVersion>1.8</jdkVersion>
<!-- Use your own application name -->
<appName>still-journey-10861</appName>
<processTypes>
<!-- Tell Heroku how to launch your application -->
<!-- You might have to remove the ./ in front -->
<web>java -jar target/SparkDemo-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar</web>
</processTypes>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.sparkjava</groupId>
<artifactId>spark-core</artifactId>
<version>2.3</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.j2html</groupId>
<artifactId>j2html</artifactId>
<version>0.5.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-csv</artifactId>
<version>1.2</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</project>
When I look inside the Jar on Heroku, I see the relevant class right there:
~ $ jar tf target/SparkDemo-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar
META-INF/
META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
edu/
edu/brandeis/
edu/brandeis/cosi12b/
edu/brandeis/cosi12b/sparkdemo/
edu/brandeis/cosi12b/sparkdemo/Main.class
edu/brandeis/cosi12b/sparkdemo/StudentChooserServer.class
edu/brandeis/cosi12b/sparkdemo/StudentDirectory.class
edu/brandeis/cosi12b/sparkdemo/StudentInfo.class
studentnames.csv
META-INF/maven/
META-INF/maven/SparkDemo/
META-INF/maven/SparkDemo/SparkDemo/
META-INF/maven/SparkDemo/SparkDemo/pom.xml
META-INF/maven/SparkDemo/SparkDemo/pom.properties

The class name should be complete, with the package too. So instead of <mainClass>Main</mainClass> it should be <mainClass>edu.brandeis.cosi12b.sparkdemo.Main</mainClass>.

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.