Maven missing artifact com.sun.jndi.ldap. What's wrong? - maven

Question

How can I fix the missing artifact error in maven with the com.sun.jndi.ldap? I also tried to add the java repositories because of the strange binary licensing. This 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>ActiveDirectory</groupId>
<artifactId>my.activedirectory</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<name>my.activedirectory</name>
<url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
</properties>
<repositories>
<repository>
<id>java.net</id>
<url>http://download.java.net/maven/2/</url>
<releases>
<enabled>true</enabled>
</releases>
<snapshots>
<enabled>false</enabled>
</snapshots>
</repository>
</repositories>
<pluginRepositories>
<pluginRepository>
<id>java.net</id>
<url>http://download.java.net/maven/2/</url>
<releases>
<enabled>true</enabled>
</releases>
<snapshots>
<enabled>false</enabled>
</snapshots>
</pluginRepository>
</pluginRepositories>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>3.8.1</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>net.java.dev.swing-layout</groupId>
<artifactId>swing-layout</artifactId>
<version>1.0.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.sun.jndi</groupId>
<artifactId>ldap</artifactId>
<version>1.2.4</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</project>
Can anybody help me with this issue?

Answer 1

I had the similar situation in looking up for Jndi jar using Maven.
Maven Central repo does not have this jar anymore.
You can download these jars from Oracle Archive #http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javasebusiness/downloads/java-archive-downloads-java-plat-419418.html
and then install it into your local repository. This will solve the problem.
mvn install:install-file -DgroupId=javax.naming -DartifactId=jndi -Dversion=1.2.1 -Dpackaging=jar -Dfile=jndi-1_2_1.jar

Answer 2

Missing artifact exception occurs where the jar which you are looking for is not found in the repository where you have pointed to. I am afraid this jar or its latest version that you refer to is not available in the http://download.java.net/maven/2 repo.
Try jBoss repository or mavens central repo
<repository>
<id>jboss-maven2</id>
<name>JBoss Repository</name>
<url>http://repository.jboss.com/maven2</url>
</repository>
or
<repository>
<snapshots>
<enabled>false</enabled>
</snapshots>
<id>central</id>
<name>Maven Repository Switchboard</name>
<url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
</repository>