How do I reference Maven dependent unit test classes in my java project?

I need to reference some JUnit tests (SRC / test / Java) in project B in the test package Src / test / Java of project a, and B is a maven dependency of project a

Is this even possible?

<dependency>
    <groupId>XYZ</groupId>
    <artifactId>B</artifactId>
    <version>${project.version}</version>
    <type>jar</type>
    <scope>test</scope>
</dependency>

Both projects are under my control

Thank you for your advice

Solution

Your POM in project B needs to include this plug-in:

<plugin>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>2.5</version>
    <executions>
        <execution>
            <goals>
                <goal>test-jar</goal>
            </goals>
        </execution>
    </executions>
</plugin>

You can then access it from project a as follows:

<dependency>
    <groupId>XYZ</groupId>
    <artifactId>B</artifactId>
    <version>${project.version}</version>
    <type>test-jar</type>
    <scope>test</scope>
</dependency>

Changing "type" to test jar allows you to access the test class from this dependency