Missing Artifact JDK Tools Jar

Some versions of Maven / eclipse will give you the below error in your pom.xml

Missing artifact jdk.tools:jdk.tools:jar:1.7.0_79

It is very easy to solve the problem. Simply add the below dependency to your pom.xml.

<dependency>
<groupId>jdk.tools</groupId>
<artifactId>jdk.tools</artifactId>
<version>1.7.0_05</version>
<scope>system</scope>
<systemPath>${JAVA_HOME}/lib/tools.jar</systemPath>
</dependency>

You might still see an error even after adding the above dependency to your pom.xml.

If you still see an error with the new dependency, which means the JAVA_HOME is not set and simply replace the JAVA_HOME with location leading up to lib/tools.jar and that should solve the issue. Note: you need to have JDK installed in your system for tools.jar. If you don’t have JDK installed, download and install it from the Oracle website.

<dependency>
<groupId>jdk.tools</groupId>
<artifactId>jdk.tools</artifactId>
<version>1.7.0_05</version>
<scope>system</scope>
<systemPath>C:/Program Files/Java/jdk1.8.0_65/lib/tools.jar</systemPath>
</dependency>