Can't import java.lang.reflect in maven project?

Question

I'm trying to import java.lang.reflect in a java file of a maven project, but I get "error cannot find symbol" on the import line. It can't find java.lang either. This is a built in Java lib, right? I didn't think I needed to add any dependencies for a default java lib. Is there a certain dependency I need to define to gain access to this lib?

Answer 1

Are you importing a fully classfied class name or just the package?

The folowing is a valid statement:

import java.lang.reflect.*;

While import java.lang.reflect would try to find a class 'reflect' in package java.lang resulting in "cannot find symbol"