$ mvn -B clean compile -Pclasspath-only # no annotationProcessorPaths [INFO] Compiling 2 source files with javac [debug release 25] to target/classes [INFO] Compiling 12 source files with javac [debug release 25] to target/classes [ERROR] COMPILATION ERROR : [ERROR] demo/src/main/java/com/ankurm/demo/BuilderUsageDemo.java:[6,24] cannot find symbol [ERROR] demo/src/main/java/com/ankurm/demo/BuilderUsageDemo.java:[14,27] cannot find symbol [ERROR] demo/src/main/java/com/ankurm/demo/BuilderUsageDemo.java:[22,32] cannot find symbol [INFO] BUILD FAILURE $ mvn -B clean compile -Pclasspath-proc-full # same, plus full [INFO] Compiling 2 source files with javac [debug release 25] to target/classes [INFO] Compiling 12 source files with javac [debug release 25] to target/classes [INFO] BUILD SUCCESS