在Jenkins上运行时，Java Maven项目无法正确地（一致地）编译

Question

I have a Java Maven project that compiles and works just fine on my local machine. However when I try to run from Jenkins, it fails miserably with a bunch of bizarre errors. It won't even compile complaining that one of the method constructors can't accept the current set of arguments which it definitely can and works that way perfectly on my local machine.

I tried to update Maven plug-in for Jenkins, restart it but frankly, I don't have a slightest idea what could possibly go wrong?

I will be happy to hear ANY theories of what could go wrong and how a working project can't even be complied all of a sudden.

I realize that the description is a bit vague but didn't want post garbage but happy to share any additional info if required.

Example :

Below you can find and example of the error code. Generally cannot find symbol error means that compiler doesn't understand what this expression is. But please mind that these errors have nothing to do with the correctness of the original code as it works fine locally. Moreover, I found that committing meaningless space symbols sometimes helps and the build successfully completes ! These errors might vary as well.

[ERROR] COMPILATION ERROR : 
[INFO] -------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] C:\.jenkins\path\ParseResultsTest.java:[113,44] error: cannot find symbol
[ERROR]   symbol:   method getScenarios()
  location: variable ffe of type FeatureFileElement
C:\.jenkins\path\ParseResultsTest.java:[114,93] error: cannot find symbol
[ERROR]   symbol:   method getRunResult()
  location: variable scenario of type Scenario
C:\.jenkins\path\ParseResultsTest.java:[203,42] error: cannot find symbol
[ERROR]   symbol:   method getScenarioName()
  location: variable scenario of type Scenario
C:\.jenkins\path\ParseResultsTest.java:[210,68] error: cannot find symbol
[INFO] 4 errors 
[INFO] -------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 1.704 s
[INFO] Finished at: 2015-08-11T15:06:26+08:00
[INFO] Final Memory: 19M/190M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Answer 1

Checkpoints from my experience

1. java version mentioned in maven and Jenkins should be same
2. Repository used by maven in both local and jenkins should be same and Jenkins should able to access the repository