The J2EE API library (javaee.jar or javaee-api.jar) is not available in the default Maven repository (http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/). You need to download it from Java.Net repository.

1. Add Java.Net reporitory

<repository>
 	<id>Java.Net</id>
  	<url>http://download.java.net/maven/2/</url>
</repository>

2. Add the J2EE dependency

<dependency>
   	<groupId>javax</groupId>
   	<artifactId>javaee-api</artifactId>
   	<version>6.0</version>
</dependency>

Full pom.xml example

<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>com.mkyong</groupId>
  <artifactId>SpringWebExample</artifactId>
  <packaging>war</packaging>
  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
  <name>SpringWebExample Maven Webapp</name>
  <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
 
  <repositories>
  	<repository>
  		<id>Java.Net</id>
  		<url>http://download.java.net/maven/2/</url>
  	</repository>
  </repositories>
 
  <dependencies>
    <!-- Javaee API -->
	<dependency>
    	<groupId>javax</groupId>
    	<artifactId>javaee-api</artifactId>
    	<version>6.0</version>
	</dependency>
  </dependencies>
  <build>
    <finalName>SpringWebExample</finalName>
  </build>
</project>
This above java.net javaee.jar is only contains the J2ee APIs and does not contain any method bodies. It’s fine for compilation, but not for run or deploy your application, because it will caused ” Absent Code attribute in method that is not native or abstract in class” error. The best practice is always get the original full version of javaee.jar from the http://java.sun.com/javaee/.

Reference

  1. http://weblogs.java.net/blog/ludo/archive/2007/01/java_ee_5_apis.html
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