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Reputation: 45

Maven can't find Struts2 dependencies

I try to setup a Struts2 project with maven und IntelliJ as IDE.

But maven can't find most of the dependencies. For example: 

org.apache.struts:struts2-core:2.5.5

https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.struts/struts2-core/2.5.5

pom.xml

<?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></groupId>
    <artifactId>brw</artifactId>
    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
    <packaging>war</packaging>
    <name>brw</name>

    <properties>
        <struts2.version>2.5.5</struts2.version>
        <log4j2.version>${log4j2.version}</log4j2.version>
        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
    </properties>

    <dependencies>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.apache.struts</groupId>
            <artifactId>struts2-core</artifactId>
            <version>${struts2.version}</version>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.apache.struts</groupId>
            <artifactId>struts2-config-browser-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>${struts2.version}</version>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.apache.struts</groupId>
            <artifactId>struts2-junit-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>${struts2.version}</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
            <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
            <version>${log4j2.version}</version>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>junit</groupId>
            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
            <version>4.5</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
            <artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
            <version>3.1.0</version>
            <scope>provided</scope>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
            <artifactId>jsp-api</artifactId>
            <version>2.0</version>
            <scope>provided</scope>
        </dependency>

    </dependencies>

    <build>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>3.3</version>
                <configuration>
                    <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
                    <source>1.5</source>
                    <target>1.5</target>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
                <artifactId>jetty-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>8.1.16.v20140903</version>
                <configuration>
                    <stopKey>CTRL+C</stopKey>
                    <stopPort>8999</stopPort>
                    <systemProperties>
                        <systemProperty>
                            <name>xwork.loggerFactory</name>
                            <value>com.opensymphony.xwork2.util.logging.log4j2.Log4j2LoggerFactory</value>
                        </systemProperty>
                    </systemProperties>
                    <scanIntervalSeconds>10</scanIntervalSeconds>
                    <webAppSourceDirectory>${basedir}/src/main/webapp/</webAppSourceDirectory>
                    <webAppConfig>
                        <descriptor>${basedir}/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml</descriptor>
                    </webAppConfig>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>
</project>

error

[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[ERROR] [ERROR] Some problems were encountered while processing the POMs:
[ERROR] Resolving expression: '${log4j2.version}': Detected the following recursive expression cycle in 'log4j2.version': [log4j2.version] @ 
[ERROR] Resolving expression: '${log4j2.version}': Detected the following recursive expression cycle in 'log4j2.version': [log4j2.version] @ 
[ERROR] 'dependencies.dependency.version' for org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:jar must be a valid version but is '${log4j2.version}'. @ line 41, column 22
 @ 
[ERROR] The build could not read 1 project -> [Help 1]
[ERROR]   
[ERROR]   The project de.sambohl.brw:brw:1.0-SNAPSHOT (/Users/philipp/IdeaProjects/brw/pom.xml) has 3 errors
[ERROR]     Resolving expression: '${log4j2.version}': Detected the following recursive expression cycle in 'log4j2.version': [log4j2.version] -> [Help 2]
[ERROR]     Resolving expression: '${log4j2.version}': Detected the following recursive expression cycle in 'log4j2.version': [log4j2.version] -> [Help 2]
[ERROR]     'dependencies.dependency.version' for org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:jar must be a valid version but is '${log4j2.version}'. @ line 41, column 22
[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/ProjectBuildingException
[ERROR] [Help 2] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/InterpolationCycleException

Process finished with exit code 1

Upvotes: 0

Views: 3131

Answers (2)

Asif Khokhar
Asif Khokhar

Reputation: 25

Problem is with < log4j2.version > property.

Property in a POM file is expected to be a constant value which can be replaced when the property is referred. But in your case you'r pointing to the same property which is an error.

if you want to include a specific version then provide it in < log4j2.version> tag like:

< log4j2.version>1.2.17< /log4j2.version>

or you can use

< log4j2.version>LATEST< /log4j2.version>,

'LATEST' keyword can automatically pick the latest version of the dependency from maven repository

Upvotes: 0

Nicolas Filotto
Nicolas Filotto

Reputation: 44965

Your problem is here

<log4j2.version>${log4j2.version}</log4j2.version>

Indeed your error means that "${log4j2.version}" is not a valid version.

You are supposed to set explicitly a version of log4j2 instead of "${log4j2.version}" for example you could use 2.7 if you want to use the latest version (which is also the version on which org.apache.struts:struts2-core:2.5.5 relies), see the list of existing versions here.

So try this

<log4j2.version>2.7</log4j2.version>

Upvotes: 2

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