Maven: missing net.sf.json-lib

Question

I found net.sf.json-lib in the central repository. Copy-pasted the dependency (with version 2.3), and then when I build I get this error:

[INFO] Unable to find resource 'net.sf.json-lib:json-lib:jar:2.2.3' in repository central (http://repo1.maven.org/maven2)

[ERROR] BUILD ERROR
[INFO] ---------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Failed to resolve artifact.

Missing:
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1) net.sf.json-lib:json-lib:jar:2.3

  Try downloading the file manually from the project website.

I tried using version 2.2.3, but I'm getting the same error. Why am I getting this error? I can override it by installing it locally, but I want to understand what the problem is.

Edit - I deleted the package from my local repository, and tried again, this time getting a checksum error. I guess I should file a bug report with json-lib.

[WARNING] *** CHECKSUM FAILED - Error retrieving checksum file for net/sf/json-lib/json-lib/2.3/json
-lib-2.3.pom - IGNORING

It looks like the file in maven central has a incorrect checksum...you must decide if you trust it anyway or don't. — khmarbaise, Nov 13 '10 at 15:45

score 278 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 18 '20 at 18:45

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Looking at the maven-central repo, you need to specify a classifier for this dependency.

Either jdk13 or jdk15, like this:

<dependency>
    <groupId>net.sf.json-lib</groupId>
    <artifactId>json-lib</artifactId>
    <version>2.4</version>
    <classifier>jdk15</classifier>
</dependency>

edited Sep 18 '20 at 18:45

Gary

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answered Feb 25 '11 at 08:28

Petar Tahchiev

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I am having the same problem. In `BuildConfig.groovy`, I do: `dependencies { runtime group:'net.sf.json-lib', name:'json-lib', version:'2.4', classifier:'jdk15' }` but to no avail. I get `Failed to resolve dependency.`. Any idea why ? – Alexandre Bourlier May 30 '12 at 16:48
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Right. It doesn't help that http://search.maven.org/#artifactdetails%7Cnet.sf.json-lib%7Cjson-lib%7C2.4%7Cjar is lying to us, and omitting the classifier. – djsadinoff Nov 27 '12 at 16:31
FYI, for those using Play Framework 1.x, you can't use this jar from maven central - https://play.lighthouseapp.com/projects/57987-play-framework/tickets/986-support-for-classifier-in-dependenciesyml#ticket-986-3 – ripper234 Dec 26 '12 at 16:07
Nice! Wonder why the classifier wasn't set when I initially added the dependency that had jdk15. – heyomi Jan 26 '13 at 14:52
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What's the equivalent for ivy? – Ron Romero Jul 19 '13 at 17:24
Thank you Peter, it really helped – Feb 04 '16 at 14:51
I got following error, Could not find artifact net.sf.json-lib:json-lib:jar:2.4 in wso2-nexus (http://maven.wso2.org/nexus/content/groups/wso2-public/). Onces add "jdk15" this line additionally, this build working without any issue. Thanks lot – Thusitha Indunil Apr 25 '19 at 03:23
hello, thx for the answer. question: how did you know about the classfier ? – Arthur Silva Dec 28 '22 at 15:04

score 27 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 08 '16 at 05:40

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For gradle as sample

compile 'net.sf.json-lib:json-lib:2.4:jdk15'

OR

compile group: 'net.sf.json-lib', name: 'json-lib', version: '2.4', classifier: 'jdk15'

I searched for more classifier's could not find anything other than jdk15 (don't go looking or jdk16 or jdk17)

edited Nov 08 '16 at 05:40

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answered Jan 15 '13 at 08:38

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This didn't work for me. I had to install the file locally similar to @icyrock.com's suggestion, then put `mavenLocal()` before `mavenCentral()` in the `repositories` sections. – ben3000 Dec 15 '15 at 06:14
Just for documentation: there is at least one [bug in Gradle](https://issues.gradle.org/browse/GRADLE-3188) associated with transitive dependencies, also as far as I can tell, json-lib doesn't supply any classifier data in its POM (see [this](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3092085/building-same-project-in-maven-with-different-artifactid-based-on-jdk-used) and [this](http://search.maven.org/#artifactdetails|net.sf.json-lib|json-lib|2.2.3|jar)). I also couldn't find a way to determine whether Gradle checks for checksum errors as mentioned above. – ben3000 Dec 15 '15 at 06:43

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 13 '10 at 16:27

Barring khimarbaise's comment about trustworthiness, you can install it locally using maven install:

http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-install-plugin/examples/specific-local-repo.html

mvn install:install-file  -Dfile=path-to-your-artifact-jar
                          -DgroupId=your.groupId
                          -DartifactId=your-artifactId
                          -Dversion=version
                          -Dpackaging=jar
                          -DlocalRepositoryPath=path-to-specific-local-repo

I already had the jar file (I'm convering the project to maven), so I installed what I had. Thanks. — ripper234, Nov 13 '10 at 17:05

danbsd · Answer 4 · 2014-04-04T16:21:32.173

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For ivy users, after trying many different iterations to configure my ivy.xml to properly find this dependency, this finally worked for me:

  <dependency org="net.sf.json-lib" name="json-lib" rev="2.4">
        <artifact name="json-lib" url="http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/net/sf/json-lib/json-lib/2.4/json-lib-2.4-jdk15.jar"/>     
    </dependency>

edited Apr 04 '14 at 16:21

answered Apr 03 '14 at 23:27

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I think the hardwired URL is not an optimal solution, this works in Ivy too: – stumbav Apr 26 '15 at 07:00
@stumbav, this doesn't work for me. It gives error: parsed: [[Fatal Error] ivy.xml:19:137: The prefix "maven" for attribute "maven:classifier" associated with an element type "artifact" is not bound – Jitesh Sojitra Sep 11 '16 at 16:56

Maven: missing net.sf.json-lib

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