title: Missing artifact javax.activation:activation:jar:1.0.2 when it is not in pom
body: <p>I have a maven project which is actually supposed to be a scheduler. In that project, I have a pom.xml for dependencies. There is a dependency as activation-1.0.2.jar. pom is throwing an error as <strong>Missing artifact javax.activation:activation:jar:1.0.2</strong>. Although I have not mentioned any dependency for this jar anywhere in my pom, still I am getting this error. May be some other jar depends on it, but how to get that. or how to resolve it. 
  Please help.</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd"&gt;
  &lt;modelVersion&gt;4.0.0&lt;/modelVersion&gt;
  &lt;groupId&gt;com.bajaj&lt;/groupId&gt;
  &lt;artifactId&gt;VehicleMasterScheduler&lt;/artifactId&gt;
  &lt;version&gt;1.0&lt;/version&gt;
  &lt;packaging&gt;jar&lt;/packaging&gt;
  
  &lt;name&gt;abc&lt;/name&gt;
  &lt;url&gt;http://repo.maven.org&lt;/url&gt;
  
  &lt;properties&gt;
      &lt;project.build.sourceEncoding&gt;UTF-8&lt;/project.build.sourceEncoding&gt;
  &lt;/properties&gt;
  &lt;dependencies&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;org.quartz-scheduler&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;quartz&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;2.2.1&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;org.apache.axis&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;axis&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;1.4&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;org.apache.httpcomponents&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;httpclient&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;4.5.3&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
      &lt;!-- http://mvnrepository.com/artifact/wsdl4j/wsdl4j --&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;wsdl4j&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;wsdl4j&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;1.6.2&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
      &lt;!-- http://mvnrepository.com/artifact/log4j/log4j --&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;log4j&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;log4j&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;1.2.17&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
      &lt;!-- http://mvnrepository.com/artifact/log4j/apache-log4j-extras --&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;log4j&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;apache-log4j-extras&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;1.2.17&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
      &lt;!-- http://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.commons/commons-io --&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;org.apache.commons&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;commons-io&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;1.3.2&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
      &lt;!-- http://mvnrepository.com/artifact/javax.xml/jaxrpc-api --&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;javax.xml&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;jaxrpc-api&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;1.1&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
      &lt;!-- http://mvnrepository.com/artifact/commons-cli/commons-cli --&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;commons-cli&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;commons-cli&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;1.4&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
      &lt;!-- http://mvnrepository.com/artifact/commons-logging/commons-logging --&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;commons-logging&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;commons-logging&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;1.2&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
      &lt;!-- http://mvnrepository.com/artifact/commons-discovery/commons-discovery --&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;commons-discovery&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;commons-discovery&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;0.5&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;uk.org.simonsite&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;log4j-rolling-appender&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;20140925-0909&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;com.google.code.gson&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;gson&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;2.3.1&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;org.json&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;json&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;20170516&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;javax.xml.soap&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;saaj-api&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;1.3&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
  &lt;/dependencies&gt;
  &lt;build&gt;
      &lt;pluginManagement&gt;
          &lt;plugins&gt;
              &lt;plugin&gt;
                  &lt;groupId&gt;org.apache.maven.plugins&lt;/groupId&gt;
                  &lt;artifactId&gt;maven-compiler-plugin&lt;/artifactId&gt;
                  &lt;version&gt;2.3.2&lt;/version&gt;
                  &lt;configuration&gt;
                      &lt;source&gt;1.7&lt;/source&gt;
                      &lt;target&gt;1.7&lt;/target&gt;
                  &lt;/configuration&gt;
              &lt;/plugin&gt;
              &lt;plugin&gt;
                  &lt;groupId&gt;org.apache.maven.plugins&lt;/groupId&gt;
                  &lt;artifactId&gt;maven-assembly-plugin&lt;/artifactId&gt;
                  &lt;version&gt;2.4&lt;/version&gt;
                  &lt;configuration&gt;
                      &lt;archive&gt;
                          &lt;manifest&gt;
                              &lt;mainClass&gt;com.bajaj.main.AutomationMain&lt;/mainClass&gt;
                          &lt;/manifest&gt;
                      &lt;/archive&gt;
                      &lt;descriptorRefs&gt;
                          &lt;descriptorRef&gt;jar-with-dependencies&lt;/descriptorRef&gt;
                      &lt;/descriptorRefs&gt;
                  &lt;/configuration&gt;
                  &lt;executions&gt;
                      &lt;execution&gt;
                          &lt;id&gt;make-assembly&lt;/id&gt;
                          &lt;phase&gt;package&lt;/phase&gt;
                          &lt;goals&gt;
                              &lt;goal&gt;single&lt;/goal&gt;
                          &lt;/goals&gt;
                      &lt;/execution&gt;
                  &lt;/executions&gt;
              &lt;/plugin&gt;
          &lt;/plugins&gt;
      &lt;/pluginManagement&gt;
      &lt;plugins&gt; &lt;!-- did NOT work without this --&gt;
          &lt;plugin&gt;
              &lt;groupId&gt;org.apache.maven.plugins&lt;/groupId&gt;
              &lt;artifactId&gt;maven-assembly-plugin&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;/plugin&gt;
      &lt;/plugins&gt;
  &lt;/build&gt;
  &lt;dependencyManagement&gt;
      &lt;dependencies&gt;
          &lt;dependency&gt;
              &lt;groupId&gt;org.quartz-scheduler&lt;/groupId&gt;
              &lt;artifactId&gt;quartz&lt;/artifactId&gt;
              &lt;version&gt;2.2.1&lt;/version&gt;
          &lt;/dependency&gt;
          &lt;dependency&gt;
              &lt;groupId&gt;org.apache.axis&lt;/groupId&gt;
              &lt;artifactId&gt;axis&lt;/artifactId&gt;
              &lt;version&gt;1.4&lt;/version&gt;
          &lt;/dependency&gt;
          &lt;dependency&gt;
              &lt;groupId&gt;org.apache.httpcomponents&lt;/groupId&gt;
              &lt;artifactId&gt;httpclient&lt;/artifactId&gt;
              &lt;version&gt;4.5.3&lt;/version&gt;
          &lt;/dependency&gt;
          &lt;!-- http://mvnrepository.com/artifact/wsdl4j/wsdl4j --&gt;
          &lt;dependency&gt;
              &lt;groupId&gt;wsdl4j&lt;/groupId&gt;
              &lt;artifactId&gt;wsdl4j&lt;/artifactId&gt;
              &lt;version&gt;1.6.2&lt;/version&gt;
          &lt;/dependency&gt;
          &lt;!-- http://mvnrepository.com/artifact/log4j/log4j --&gt;
          &lt;dependency&gt;
              &lt;groupId&gt;log4j&lt;/groupId&gt;
              &lt;artifactId&gt;log4j&lt;/artifactId&gt;
              &lt;version&gt;1.2.17&lt;/version&gt;
          &lt;/dependency&gt;
          &lt;!-- http://mvnrepository.com/artifact/log4j/apache-log4j-extras --&gt;
          &lt;dependency&gt;
              &lt;groupId&gt;log4j&lt;/groupId&gt;
              &lt;artifactId&gt;apache-log4j-extras&lt;/artifactId&gt;
              &lt;version&gt;1.2.17&lt;/version&gt;
          &lt;/dependency&gt;
          &lt;!-- http://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.commons/commons-io --&gt;
          &lt;dependency&gt;
              &lt;groupId&gt;org.apache.commons&lt;/groupId&gt;
              &lt;artifactId&gt;commons-io&lt;/artifactId&gt;
              &lt;version&gt;1.3.2&lt;/version&gt;
          &lt;/dependency&gt;
          &lt;!-- http://mvnrepository.com/artifact/javax.xml/jaxrpc-api --&gt;
          &lt;dependency&gt;
              &lt;groupId&gt;javax.xml&lt;/groupId&gt;
              &lt;artifactId&gt;jaxrpc-api&lt;/artifactId&gt;
              &lt;version&gt;1.1&lt;/version&gt;
          &lt;/dependency&gt;
          &lt;!-- http://mvnrepository.com/artifact/commons-cli/commons-cli --&gt;
          &lt;dependency&gt;
              &lt;groupId&gt;commons-cli&lt;/groupId&gt;
              &lt;artifactId&gt;commons-cli&lt;/artifactId&gt;
              &lt;version&gt;1.4&lt;/version&gt;
          &lt;/dependency&gt;
          &lt;!-- http://mvnrepository.com/artifact/commons-logging/commons-logging --&gt;
          &lt;dependency&gt;
              &lt;groupId&gt;commons-logging&lt;/groupId&gt;
              &lt;artifactId&gt;commons-logging&lt;/artifactId&gt;
              &lt;version&gt;1.2&lt;/version&gt;
          &lt;/dependency&gt;
          &lt;!-- http://mvnrepository.com/artifact/commons-discovery/commons-discovery --&gt;
          &lt;dependency&gt;
              &lt;groupId&gt;commons-discovery&lt;/groupId&gt;
              &lt;artifactId&gt;commons-discovery&lt;/artifactId&gt;
              &lt;version&gt;0.5&lt;/version&gt;
          &lt;/dependency&gt;
          &lt;dependency&gt;
              &lt;groupId&gt;uk.org.simonsite&lt;/groupId&gt;
              &lt;artifactId&gt;log4j-rolling-appender&lt;/artifactId&gt;
              &lt;version&gt;20140925-0909&lt;/version&gt;
          &lt;/dependency&gt;
          &lt;dependency&gt;
              &lt;groupId&gt;com.google.code.gson&lt;/groupId&gt;
              &lt;artifactId&gt;gson&lt;/artifactId&gt;
              &lt;version&gt;2.3.1&lt;/version&gt;
          &lt;/dependency&gt;
          &lt;dependency&gt;
              &lt;groupId&gt;org.json&lt;/groupId&gt;
              &lt;artifactId&gt;json&lt;/artifactId&gt;
              &lt;version&gt;20170516&lt;/version&gt;
          &lt;/dependency&gt;
      &lt;/dependencies&gt;
  &lt;/dependencyManagement&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
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