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How to download J2EE API (javaee.jar) from Maven

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This below java.net javaee.jar solution is only contains the J2ee APIs, it 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” or other method not found errors. Due to policy, it’s not possible to include this javaee.jar in any public Maven repository.

The best practice is always get the original full version of javaee.jar from the http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javaee/overview/index.html, and include it into your project manually.

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>

Reference

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

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Arkady
10 years ago

In my case, the library javaee-api.jar cause an exception java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

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gabb
11 years ago

Thanks, very useful. Please note that for JEE 5, your dependency would be available from Maven Central repo with this definition:

	<dependency>
    	<groupId>javaee</groupId>
    	<artifactId>javaee-api</artifactId>
    	<version>5</version>
	</dependency>
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