javamavenkotlin

How do you compile Java+Kotlin project using Maven?


I'm trying to compile maven project which has Kotlin classes referencing Java classes. Here's a part of my parent POM:

...

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
    <artifactId>kotlin-stdlib</artifactId>
    <version>${kotlin.version}</version>
</dependency>

...

<plugin>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>${compiler-plugin-version}</version>
    <configuration>
        <source>${java-version}</source>
        <target>${java-version}</target>
        <encoding>${project.build.sourceEncoding}</encoding>
    </configuration>
</plugin>

<plugin>
    <artifactId>kotlin-maven-plugin</artifactId>
    <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
    <version>${kotlin.plugin.version}</version>

    <executions>
        <execution>
            <id>compile</id>
            <phase>process-sources</phase>
            <goals>
                <goal>compile</goal>
            </goals>
        </execution>

        <execution>
            <id>test-compile</id>
            <phase>process-test-sources</phase>
            <goals>
                <goal>test-compile</goal>
            </goals>
        </execution>
    </executions>

    <configuration>
        <scanForAnnotations>false</scanForAnnotations>
    </configuration>
</plugin>

And related parts of the child POM:

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
    <artifactId>kotlin-stdlib</artifactId>
</dependency>

...

<plugin>
    <artifactId>kotlin-maven-plugin</artifactId>
    <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
    <configuration>
        <sourceDirs>
            <source>${project.basedir}/src/main/kotlin</source>
        </sourceDirs>
    </configuration>
</plugin>

And the Kotlin class:

Stateless
open class DummyServiceImpl : DummyService {

    PersistenceContext(unitName = Consts.UNIT_NAME)
    private val em: EntityManager? = null

    override fun get(id: Long?): Dummy {
        return em!!.find<Dummy>(javaClass<Dummy>(), id)
    }

    override fun sayHi(): String {
        return "Dummy service says \"Hi!\"."
    }
}

DummyService and Consts classes are Java classes residing in the same module as DummyServiceImpl. So when I compile the module containing DummyServiceImpl with Maven it goes like this:

[error] C:\somepath\service\DummyServiceImpl.kt: (14, 31) Unresolved reference: DummyService
[error] C:\somepath\service\DummyServiceImpl.kt: (16, 35) Unresolved reference: Consts

If I switch Kotlin plugin execution phase to compile then it predictably fails if there're references from Java to Kotlin classes:

[ERROR] /C:/somepath/service/impl/DummyServiceClientImpl.java:[5,27] cannot find symbol
[ERROR] symbol:   class DummyServiceImpl

So, what's to be done about this? Note that building with IDEA's make goes perfectly fine.


Solution

  • Make sure you have this declaration in <build> of your pom.xml

        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
                <artifactId>kotlin-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>${kotlin.version}</version>
                <executions>
                    <execution>
                        <id>compile</id>
                        <phase>process-sources</phase>
                        <goals>
                            <goal>compile</goal>
                        </goals>
                        <configuration>
                            <sourceDirs>
                                <source>src/main/java</source>
                                <source>src/main/kotlin</source>
                                <source>src/main/resources</source>
                            </sourceDirs>
                        </configuration>
                    </execution>
                    <execution>
                        <id>test-compile</id>
                        <phase>process-test-sources</phase>
                        <goals>
                            <goal>test-compile</goal>
                        </goals>
                        <configuration>
                            <sourceDirs>
                                <source>src/test/java</source>
                                <source>src/test/kotlin</source>
                                <source>src/test/resources</source>
                            </sourceDirs>
                        </configuration>
                    </execution>
                </executions>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    

    Make sure that all folders (3x in src/main & 3x in src/test) mentioned in the configuration actually exist, even if they don’t contain any classes/resources. You can still fine-tune the configuration once it works for you.

    Also pay attention to use exactly the same order I mentioned above to let the compiler compile the Java code first.