Failed to parse plugin descriptor for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-resources-plugin:2.4.3.. error in opening zip file

Question

I was using maven to build and compile a spring project and here's what I got an error about "error in opening zip file.". I attached the settings.xml here to show that I configured the proxy right and the pom.xml.

[SETTINGS.XML]

<proxy>         <active>true</active>         <protocol>http</protocol>         <host>XXXX</host>         <port>8080</port>         <username>XXXX</username>         <password>XXXXX</password>         <nonProxyHosts>localhost</nonProxyHosts>      </proxy> 

[POM.XML]

<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.wrox</groupId>   <artifactId>springfirst</artifactId>   <packaging>jar</packaging>   <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>   <name>springfirst</name>   <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>     <build>         <sourceDirectory>src/main/java</sourceDirectory>         <testSourceDirectory>src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>         <resources>             <resource>                 <directory>src/main/java</directory>                 <excludes>                     <exclude>**/*.java</exclude>                 </excludes>                 <filtering>true</filtering>             </resource>             <resource>                 <directory>src/main/resources</directory>                 <includes>                     <include>**/*.properties</include>                     <include>**/*.xml</include>                 </includes>             </resource>         </resources>         <testResources>             <testResource>                 <directory>src/test/java</directory>                 <excludes>                     <exclude>**/*.java</exclude>                 </excludes>                 <filtering>true</filtering>             </testResource>             <testResource>                 <directory>src/test/resources</directory>             </testResource>         </testResources>         <plugins>             <plugin>                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>                 <configuration>                     <source>1.6</source>                     <target>1.6</target>                 </configuration>             </plugin>         </plugins>     </build>     <properties>         <spring-version>2.0.6</spring-version>         <junit-version>3.8.2</junit-version>     </properties>    <dependencies>         <dependency>             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>             <artifactId>spring-aspects</artifactId>             <version>${spring-version}</version>         </dependency>         <dependency>             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>             <artifactId>spring-aop</artifactId>             <version>${spring-version}</version>         </dependency>          <dependency>             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>             <artifactId>spring</artifactId>             <version>${spring-version}</version>         </dependency>      <dependency>       <groupId>junit</groupId>       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>       <version>${junit-version}</version>       <scope>test</scope>     </dependency>   </dependencies> </project> 

[ERROR MESSAGE]

E:\DOCUMENTS\ETC\TUTORIALS\begspringcode_091809\src\chapter1\springfirst>mvn -X compile Apache Maven 3.0.3 (r1075438; 2011-03-01 01:31:09+0800) Maven home: C:\maven2.2.1\bin\.. Java version: 1.6.0_15, vendor: Sun Microsystems Inc. Java home: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_15\jre Default locale: en_PH, platform encoding: Cp1252 OS name: "windows 7", version: "6.1", arch: "x86", family: "windows" [INFO] Error stacktraces are turned on. [DEBUG] Reading global settings from C:\maven2.2.1\bin\..\conf\settings.xml [DEBUG] Reading user settings from C:\Users\AMT\.m2\settings.xml [DEBUG] Using local repository at C:\Users\AMT\.m2\repository [DEBUG] Using manager EnhancedLocalRepositoryManager with priority 10 for C:\Users\AMT\.m2\repository [INFO] Scanning for projects... [DEBUG] Extension realms for project com.wrox:springfirst:jar:1.0-SNAPSHOT: (none) [DEBUG] Looking up lifecyle mappings for packaging jar from ClassRealm[plexus.core, parent: null] [WARNING] [WARNING] Some problems were encountered while building the effective model for com.wrox:springfirst:jar:1.0-SNAPSHOT [WARNING] 'build.plugins.plugin.version' for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin is missing. @ line 42, column 12 [WARNING] [WARNING] It is highly recommended to fix these problems because they threaten the stability of your build. [WARNING] [WARNING] For this reason, future Maven versions might no longer support building such malformed projects. [WARNING] [DEBUG] === REACTOR BUILD PLAN ================================================ [DEBUG] Project: com.wrox:springfirst:jar:1.0-SNAPSHOT [DEBUG] Tasks:   [compile] [DEBUG] Style:   Regular [DEBUG] ======================================================================= [INFO] [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Building springfirst 1.0-SNAPSHOT [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [DEBUG] Lifecycle default -> [validate, initialize, generate-sources, process-sources, generate-resources, process-resources, compile, process-classes, generate-test-sources, process-test-sources, generate-test-resources, process-test-resources, test-compile, process-test-classes, test, prepare-pack age, package, pre-integration-test, integration-test, post-integration-test, verify, install, deploy] [DEBUG] Lifecycle clean -> [pre-clean, clean, post-clean] [DEBUG] Lifecycle site -> [pre-site, site, post-site, site-deploy] [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] BUILD FAILURE [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Total time: 0.177s [INFO] Finished at: Mon Oct 03 14:57:47 SGT 2011 [INFO] Final Memory: 1M/4M [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [ERROR] Failed to parse plugin descriptor for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-resources-plugin:2.4.3 (C:\Users\AMT\.m2\repository\org\apache\maven\plugins\maven-resources-plugin\2.4.3\maven-resources-plugin-2.4.3.jar): error in opening zip file -> [Help 1] org.apache.maven.plugin.PluginDescriptorParsingException: Failed to parse plugin descriptor for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-resources-plugin:2.4.3 (C:\Users\AMT\.m2\repository\org\apache\maven\plugins\maven-resources-plugin\2.4.3\maven-resources-plugin-2.4.3.jar): error in opening zip file         at org.apache.maven.plugin.internal.DefaultMavenPluginManager.extractPluginDescriptor(DefaultMavenPluginManager.java:212)         at org.apache.maven.plugin.internal.DefaultMavenPluginManager.getPluginDescriptor(DefaultMavenPluginManager.java:147)         at org.apache.maven.plugin.internal.DefaultMavenPluginManager.getMojoDescriptor(DefaultMavenPluginManager.java:261)         at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultBuildPluginManager.getMojoDescriptor(DefaultBuildPluginManager.java:185)         at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.DefaultLifecycleExecutionPlanCalculator.setupMojoExecution(DefaultLifecycleExecutionPlanCalculator.java:152)         at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.DefaultLifecycleExecutionPlanCalculator.setupMojoExecutions(DefaultLifecycleExecutionPlanCalculator.java:139)         at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.DefaultLifecycleExecutionPlanCalculator.calculateExecutionPlan(DefaultLifecycleExecutionPlanCalculator.java:116)         at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.DefaultLifecycleExecutionPlanCalculator.calculateExecutionPlan(DefaultLifecycleExecutionPlanCalculator.java:129)         at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.BuilderCommon.resolveBuildPlan(BuilderCommon.java:92)         at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:81)         at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:59)         at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.singleThreadedBuild(LifecycleStarter.java:183)         at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.execute(LifecycleStarter.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(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)         at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)         at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:290)         at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:230)         at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:409)         at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:352) Caused by: java.util.zip.ZipException: error in opening zip file         at java.util.zip.ZipFile.open(Native Method)         at java.util.zip.ZipFile.<init>(ZipFile.java:114)         at java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(JarFile.java:133)         at java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(JarFile.java:112)         at org.apache.maven.plugin.internal.DefaultMavenPluginManager.extractPluginDescriptor(DefaultMavenPluginManager.java:170)         ... 25 more [ERROR] [ERROR] [ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles: [ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/PluginDescriptorParsingException 'cmd' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. E:\DOCUMENTS\ETC\TUTORIALS\begspringcode_091809\src\chapter1\springfirst> 

Answer 1

Delete C:\Users\AMT\.m2\repository\org\apache\maven\plugins\maven-resources-plugin\2.4.3\maven-resources-plugin-2.4.3.jar or better still C:\Users\AMT\.m2\repository\org\apache\maven\plugins\maven-resources-plugin\2.4.3\ folder and try again.

Evidently, the jar file is incomplete or corrupted.