Error on deploying to artifactory using maven - maven

Question

I tried to deploy a artifact to artifactory using maven. But I am getting an error
[WARNING] Error injecting: org.apache.maven.plugin.deploy.DeployFileMojo
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/codehaus/plexus/util/xml/XmlStreamWriter
Detailed Logs are
[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO]
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Building Maven Stub Project (No POM) 1
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-deploy-plugin:2.7:deploy-file (default-cli) # standalone-pom ---
[WARNING] Error injecting: org.apache.maven.plugin.deploy.DeployFileMojo
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/codehaus/plexus/util/xml/XmlStreamWriter
at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredConstructors0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredConstructors(Class.java:2671)
at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredConstructors(Class.java:2020)
at com.google.inject.spi.InjectionPoint.forConstructorOf(InjectionPoint.java:245)
at com.google.inject.internal.ConstructorBindingImpl.create(ConstructorBindingImpl.java:99)
at com.google.inject.internal.InjectorImpl.createUninitializedBinding(InjectorImpl.java:657)
at com.google.inject.internal.InjectorImpl.createJustInTimeBinding(InjectorImpl.java:875)
at com.google.inject.internal.InjectorImpl.createJustInTimeBindingRecursive(InjectorImpl.java:798)
at com.google.inject.internal.InjectorImpl.getJustInTimeBinding(InjectorImpl.java:281)
at com.google.inject.internal.InjectorImpl.getBindingOrThrow(InjectorImpl.java:213)
at com.google.inject.internal.InjectorImpl.getProviderOrThrow(InjectorImpl.java:998)
at com.google.inject.internal.InjectorImpl.getProvider(InjectorImpl.java:1031)
at com.google.inject.internal.InjectorImpl.getProvider(InjectorImpl.java:994)
at com.google.inject.internal.InjectorImpl.getInstance(InjectorImpl.java:1044)
at org.eclipse.sisu.space.AbstractDeferredClass.get(AbstractDeferredClass.java:48)
at com.google.inject.internal.ProviderInternalFactory.provision(ProviderInternalFactory.java:86)
at com.google.inject.internal.InternalFactoryToInitializableAdapter.provision(InternalFactoryToInitializableAdapter.java:54)
at com.google.inject.internal.ProviderInternalFactory$1.call(ProviderInternalFactory.java:70)
at com.google.inject.internal.ProvisionListenerStackCallback$Provision.provision(ProvisionListenerStackCallback.java:115)
at org.eclipse.sisu.bean.BeanScheduler$Activator.onProvision(BeanScheduler.java:176)
at com.google.inject.internal.ProvisionListenerStackCallback$Provision.provision(ProvisionListenerStackCallback.java:126)
at com.google.inject.internal.ProvisionListenerStackCallback.provision(ProvisionListenerStackCallback.java:68)
at com.google.inject.internal.ProviderInternalFactory.circularGet(ProviderInternalFactory.java:68)
at com.google.inject.internal.InternalFactoryToInitializableAdapter.get(InternalFactoryToInitializableAdapter.java:46)
at com.google.inject.internal.InjectorImpl$2$1.call(InjectorImpl.java:1009)
at com.google.inject.internal.InjectorImpl.callInContext(InjectorImpl.java:1059)
at com.google.inject.internal.InjectorImpl$2.get(InjectorImpl.java:1005)
at com.google.inject.internal.SingletonScope$1.get(SingletonScope.java:36)
at org.eclipse.sisu.inject.LazyBeanEntry.getValue(LazyBeanEntry.java:81)
at org.eclipse.sisu.plexus.LazyPlexusBean.getValue(LazyPlexusBean.java:51)
at org.codehaus.plexus.DefaultPlexusContainer.lookup(DefaultPlexusContainer.java:263)
at org.codehaus.plexus.DefaultPlexusContainer.lookup(DefaultPlexusContainer.java:255)
at org.apache.maven.plugin.internal.DefaultMavenPluginManager.getConfiguredMojo(DefaultMavenPluginManager.java:546)
at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultBuildPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultBuildPluginManager.java:121)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:208)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:153)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:145)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:116)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:80)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.builder.singlethreaded.SingleThreadedBuilder.build(SingleThreadedBuilder.java:51)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.execute(LifecycleStarter.java:128)
at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:307)
at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:193)
at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:106)
at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.execute(MavenCli.java:862)
at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.doMain(MavenCli.java:286)
at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:197)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:497)
at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:289)
at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:229)
at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:415)
at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:356)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.XmlStreamWriter
at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.strategy.SelfFirstStrategy.loadClass(SelfFirstStrategy.java:50)
at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.realm.ClassRealm.unsynchronizedLoadClass(ClassRealm.java:271)
at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.realm.ClassRealm.loadClass(ClassRealm.java:247)
at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.realm.ClassRealm.loadClass(ClassRealm.java:239)
... 55 more
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 0.555 s
[INFO] Finished at: 2015-12-30T06:23:49+00:00
[INFO] Final Memory: 13M/360M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-deploy-plugin:2.7:deploy-file (default-cli) on project standalone-pom: Execution default-cli of goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-deploy-plugin:2.7:deploy-file failed: A required class was missing while executing org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-deploy-plugin:2.7:deploy-file: org/codehaus/plexus/util/xml/XmlStreamWriter
[ERROR] -----------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] realm = plugin>org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-deploy-plugin:2.7
[ERROR] strategy = org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.strategy.SelfFirstStrategy
[ERROR] urls[0] = file:/var/mware/.m2/repository/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-deploy-plugin/2.7/maven-deploy-plugin-2.7.jar
[ERROR] urls[1] = file:/var/mware/.m2/repository/org/codehaus/plexus/plexus-utils/1.1/plexus-utils-1.1.jar
[ERROR] Number of foreign imports: 1
[ERROR] import: Entry[import from realm ClassRealm[maven.api, parent: null]]
[ERROR]
[ERROR] -----------------------------------------------------: org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.XmlStreamWriter
[ERROR] -> [Help 1]
[ERROR]
[ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch.
[ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.
[ERROR]
[ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles:
[ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/PluginContainerException
So any help in this issue?

Answer 1

My advice would be to update your version of the maven-deploy-plugin. There is a much newer version - 2.8.2. There's also Maven 3.3.9 as well. This seems like a Plexus issue.

Answer 2

This is an old question but just in case someone ends up here trying to find help:
This error is caused by Maven resolving a dependency (org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-utils) to an older version, probably 1.x where the class is simply not there.
This problem is caused most probably because on your (proxy) Nexus server maven-deploy-plugin has a generated pom file or even none, and it cannot resolve the dependencies correctly, so it falls back to plexus-utils:1.x
Solution: Download the original pom file and deploy it to your Nexus server (deploy:deploy-file). If your deploy plugin does not work anymore because of the corrupted dependency path, trick it by copying the pom file first in your local repository.