Have a Pom.xml Download and Reference a Parent Pom - maven

Question

I have a Pom.xml I was wondering if there is a way to have the Pom download the Parent pom from somewhere then reference the parent Pom.
Edit: I'm having issue with the parent pom, this is the parent Pom I have
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>dev</groupId>
<artifactId>company-parent</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>pom</packaging>
<distributionManagement>
<repository>
<id>Artifactory</id>
<name>Artifactory-releases</name>
<url>http://artifactory:8081/artifactory/dev</url>
</repository>
<snapshotRepository>
<id>Artifactory</id>
<name>Artifactory-snapshots</name>
<url>http://artifactory:8081/artifactory/dev</url>
</snapshotRepository>
</distributionManagement>
</project>
I have uploaded the parent Pom.xml to artifactory, here is my Pom.xml.
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>maven.Test</groupId>
<artifactId>Hello</artifactId>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<name>Artifactory</name>
<url>http://artifactory:8081/artifactory/webapp/home.html?0</url>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>4.8.2</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<parent>
<groupId>dev</groupId>
<artifactId>company-parent</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0</version>
</parent>
</project>
But when I run it I get this error
[ERROR] Non-resolvable parent POM for maven.Test:Hello:1.0-SNAPSHOT: Could n
ot find artifact dev:company-parent:pom:1.0.0 in central (https://repo.maven.a
pache.org/maven2) and 'parent.relativePath' points at wrong local POM # line 22,
column 9 -> [Help 2]
How do I have my Pom find the artifact in my artifactory instance?

Answer 1

You parent pom should be pom with packaging type of pom. e.g:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
< project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" >
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>org.example</groupId>
<artifactId>parent</artifactId>
<version>1.0</version>
<packaging>pom</packaging>
</project>
The pom, mentioned above, you can deploy to artifactory and after that you can reference it as parent pom in the child pom. e.g:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<parent>
<artifactId>parent</artifactId>
<groupId>org.example</groupId>
<version>1.0</version>
</parent>
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<artifactId>child</artifactId>
<repositories>
<repository>
<id>Artifactory-Releases</id>
<url>http://artifactory:8081/artifactory/dev</url>
<snapshots>
<enabled>false</enabled>
</snapshots>
<releases>
<enabled>true</enabled>
</releases>
</repository>
<repository>
<id>Artifactory-Snapshots</id>
<url>http://artifactory:8081/artifactory/dev</url>
<snapshots>
<enabled>true</enabled>
</snapshots>
<releases>
<enabled>false</enabled>
</releases>
</repository>
</repositories>
</project>