title: Can Maven automatically build a dependency that is not found?
body: <p>I have three separate projects I am working on (A, B, and C).</p>
  
  <p>Project B and C rely on a jar that project A generates.</p>
  
  <p>Does Maven have the ability to automatically build project A if the dependency is not found?</p>
  
  <p>The answers I've found so far are indicative of making the other 2 projects modules (which I believe to mean repository layout and incorporate them into project A) and create a parent / child pom.  </p>
  
  <p>A just plain "no" was also one of my conclusions as well.</p>
  
  <p>It seems as though if I make a module of project A in B and C, maven doesn't really like that.  Can Maven see projects during build time that are outside of the scope of the current project?  Sorry if that's a little wordy.</p>