[NETBEANS-966] Maven project unloadedable when project parent reference uses ranged versions

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Abandoned
• Affects Version/s: 8.2, 9.0
• Fix Version/s: 9.0

Environment

Product Version = NetBeans IDE 8.2 (Build 201609300101) (#5fd841261bf9)
Operating System = Linux version 4.13.0-45-generic running on amd64
Java; VM; Vendor = 1.8.0_161; Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM 25.161-b12; Oracle Corporation
Runtime = Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment 1.8.0_161-b12

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Zaahir Laher
• Created: 18/Jun/18 06:56
• Updated: 27/Aug/20 05:55
• Resolved: 27/Aug/20 05:55

Description

In Netbeans 8.2, When a maven project references its parent POM through versions e.g:

 

<parent>
 <groupId>the.group.id</groupId>
 <artifactId>the-parent-id</artifactId>
 <version>[1.0.1,2.0.0-SNAPSHOT)</version>
</parent>

 

1. The project is displayed as unloadadable in the projects view. 
2. Code completion not working
3. Imports not recognized
4. The "Resolve Project Problems" shows the following:Some problems were encountered while processing the POMs:
   [ERROR] 'dependencies.dependency.version' for org.springframework.ws:spring-ws-core:jar is missing. @ line 40, column 17
   [ERROR] 'dependencies.dependency.version' for org.springframework.ws:spring-ws-support:jar is missing. @ line 44, column 17
   [ERROR] 'dependencies.dependency.version' for org.springframework.ws:spring-ws-test:jar is missing. @ line 57, column 17
   [ERROR] 'dependencies.dependency.version' for junit:junit:jar is missing. @ line 62, column 17