Question: I have a Spring Boot application and I have created a Jar out of that. Following is my `pom.xml`:

```
<dependencies>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-mail</artifactId>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf</artifactId>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.thymeleaf.extras</groupId>
        <artifactId>thymeleaf-extras-java8time</artifactId>
        <version>2.1.0.RELEASE</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-actuator</artifactId>
    </dependency>
    <!-- WebJars -->
    <dependency>
        <groupId>javax.mail</groupId>
        <artifactId>mail</artifactId>
        <version>1.4.7</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
        <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
        <version>2.6.2</version>
    </dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
    <plugins>
        <plugin>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
        </plugin>
    </plugins>
</build>

```

I want to use this Jar in my other application so added this jar to my application. But when I am calling a method in that Jar, it is throwing a `ClassNotFoundException`.

How can I fix this issue? How can I add a dependency to a Spring Boot JAR?

Answer: 
I used version 2.2.5 and it's working. add it to your pom.xml

```
<plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
                <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>2.2.5.RELEASE</version>
                <executions>
                    <execution>
                        <id>repackage</id>
                        <configuration>
                            <classifier>exec</classifier>
                        </configuration>
                    </execution>
                </executions>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>

```
any project if you want add as a dependency you need that project `<groupId>`,`<artifactId>`,`<version>`, with these details you can add your project as a dependency in another module or application
for ex: your application pom details

```
<project 
        <groupId>com.sample</groupId>
        <artifactId>sampleapp</artifactId>
        <version>1.0</version>
        <packaging>jar</packaging>
</project>`

```

your dependency as like below

```
 <dependency>
 <groupId>com.sample</groupId>
 <artifactId>sampleapp</artifactId>
 <version>1.0</version>
</dependency>

```