Failed to resolve plugin for mojo binding: org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-surefire-plugin:2.4.2:test

[Karnati Sudhakar]

Hi All,

I am trying to run examples of Spring in Action second edition.

I just downloaded projects from their website and opened the project in Eclipse.

I have Spring IDE installed and maven also installed.

I just right clicked on the project and chose run as and then maven install

this is the output i am getting:

   
[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Building Spring in Action 2E, Spring Idol Example
[INFO] 
[INFO] Id: com.springinaction:springidol-ch2:jar:2.0
[INFO] task-segment: [package]
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
url = http://repo1.maven.org/maven2
Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-surefire-plugin/2.4.2/maven-surefire-plugin-2.4.2.pom
[ERROR] 

Maven cannot calculate your build plan, given the following information:

Tasks:
- package

Current project:
Group-Id: com.springinaction
Artifact-Id: springidol-ch2
Version: 2.0
From file: C:\Documents and Settings\149955\Desktop\sia2_code\sia2\Chapter02\SpringIdol\pom.xml


Error message: Failed to resolve plugin for mojo binding: org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-surefire-plugin:2.4.2:test
Root error message: Unable to download the artifact from any repository



[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] For more information, run with the -e flag
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD FAILED
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 1 second
[INFO] Finished at: Mon Jul 27 12:25:04 GMT+05:30 2009
[INFO] Final Memory: 1M/5M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 

Can anybody help me to resolve this issue?

[Karnati Sudhakar]

The message changed to like this:

url = http://repo1.maven.org/maven2
Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/springinaction/sia/2.0/sia-2.0.pom
[ERROR] 

Failed to resolve parent-POM from repository.

Parent POM Information: 

Group-Id: com.springinaction
Artifact-Id: sia
Version: 2.0

Local Repository: C:\Documents and Settings\149955\.m2\repository

Remote Repositories: 
central -> http://repo1.maven.org/maven2

Reason: Unable to download the artifact from any repository

  com.springinaction:sia:pom:2.0

from the specified remote repositories:
  central (http://repo1.maven.org/maven2)



Project Id: com.springinaction:Chapter02:pom:[inherited]
From file: C:\Documents and Settings\149955\Desktop\sia2_code\sia2\Chapter02\SpringIdol\pom.xml



[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] For more information, run with the -e flag
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO]  + Ignoring build failures
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD SUCCESSFUL
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 1 second
[INFO] Finished at: Wed Jul 29 13:04:10 GMT+05:30 2009
[INFO] Final Memory: 1M/4M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Still i am not able to run the example...

This is the POM.xml file bundled with the examples

  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project>
  <parent>
    <groupId>com.springinaction</groupId>
    <artifactId>sia</artifactId>
    <version>2.0</version>
  </parent>
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
  <groupId>com.springinaction</groupId>
  <artifactId>Chapter02</artifactId>
  <packaging>pom</packaging>
  <name>Spring in Action 2E, Chapter 2 Examples</name>
  <url>http://www.springinaction.com</url>

  <dependencies>
    <!-- For some reason, Xerces is needed for the example
         to run (using the Java task in antrun) on MacOS X.
         Not clear as to why...and I've not taken the time
         to figure it out. -->
    <dependency>
      <groupId>xerces</groupId>
      <artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
      <version>2.8.1</version>
      <scope>compile</scope>
    </dependency>
  </dependencies>

  <modules>
    <module>SpringIdol</module>
  </modules>
</project>