Compile error in maven2: "invalid CEN header (bad signature)"

Question

I'm migrating our java-ee project to use Maven instead of Ant.

For the following dependency

    <dependency>
      <groupId>javolution</groupId>
      <artifactId>javolution</artifactId>
      <version>5.4.2</version>
    </dependency>

I get the following error when trying to compile

[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:2.
3.2:compile (default-compile) on project JAdaptiv: Compilation failure
[ERROR] error: error reading C:\Users\User.IVSTEL1\.m2\repository\javolution\
javolution\5.4.2\javolution-5.4.2.jar; invalid CEN header (bad signature)
[ERROR] -> [Help 1]
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException: Failed to execute goal o
rg.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:2.3.2:compile (default-compile) on
 project JAdaptiv: Compilation failure
error: error reading C:\Users\User.IVSTEL1\.m2\repository\javolution\javoluti
on\5.4.2\javolution-5.4.2.jar; invalid CEN header (bad signature)

        at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor
.java:213)
        at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor
.java:153)
        at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor
.java:145)
        at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProje
ct(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:84)
        at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProje
ct(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:59)
        at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.singleThreadedBu
ild(LifecycleStarter.java:183)
        at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.execute(Lifecycl
eStarter.java:161)
        at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:319)
        at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:156)
        at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.execute(MavenCli.java:537)
        at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.doMain(MavenCli.java:196)
        at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:141)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.
java:39)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAcces
sorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
        at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Laun
cher.java:290)
        at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launch(Launcher.jav
a:230)
        at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(La
uncher.java:409)
        at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:
352)
Caused by: org.apache.maven.plugin.CompilationFailureException: Compilation fail
ure
error: error reading C:\Users\Croydon.IVSTEL1\.m2\repository\javolution\javoluti
on\5.4.2\javolution-5.4.2.jar; invalid CEN header (bad signature)

        at org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractCompilerMojo.execute(AbstractCompiler
Mojo.java:656)
        at org.apache.maven.plugin.CompilerMojo.execute(CompilerMojo.java:128)
        at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultBuildPluginManager.executeMojo(Default
BuildPluginManager.java:101)
        at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor
.java:209)
        ... 19 more
[ERROR]
[ERROR]
[ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please rea
d the following articles:
[ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/MojoFailureExc
eption

Answer 1

This means that javolution-5.4.2 jar in your local repository is corrupt. I checked the maven repo for the 5.4.2 version on this link. You can manually copy the jar from there to your local repository to see if that helps.

You can also try the following steps:-

1. Delete the jar from your local repository C:\Users\User.IVSTEL1\.m2\repository\javolution\ javolution\5.4.2\javolution-5.4.2.jar. Then maven will download it again for you.

2. If the 5.4.2 version still has some issues after re-download then try the following version.

   <dependency> <groupId>javolution</groupId> <artifactId>javolution</artifactId> <version>5.5.1</version> </dependency>