title: Maven error while building project in eclipse
body: <p>I  tried to build my Maven project in eclipse and I get below error. May I know cause for this . Also, how do I fix this problem. Thanks in advance. I have referred some help links but could not find a any solution. It will be great if any one can help me out</p>
  
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  <p>[ERROR] Plugin org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-surefire-plugin:2.12.4 or one of its dependencies could not be resolved: Failed to read artifact descriptor for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-surefire-plugin:jar:2.12.4: Could not transfer artifact org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-surefire-plugin:pom:2.12.4 from/to central (repo.maven.apache.org/maven2): sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target -> [Help 1] </p>
  
  <p>Below is my pom.xml file</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/maven-v4_0_0.xsd"&gt;
  &lt;modelVersion&gt;4.0.0&lt;/modelVersion&gt;
  &lt;groupId&gt;com.uniteid&lt;/groupId&gt;
  &lt;artifactId&gt;UniteIDRestWS&lt;/artifactId&gt;
  &lt;packaging&gt;war&lt;/packaging&gt;
  &lt;version&gt;1.0-SNAPSHOT&lt;/version&gt;
  &lt;name&gt;UniteIDRestWS Maven Webapp&lt;/name&gt;
  &lt;url&gt;http://maven.apache.org&lt;/url&gt;
  &lt;properties&gt;
      &lt;spring.version&gt;4.0.5.RELEASE&lt;/spring.version&gt;
      &lt;springsecurity.version&gt;3.0.5.RELEASE&lt;/springsecurity.version&gt;
      &lt;hibernate.version&gt;4.3.5.Final&lt;/hibernate.version&gt;
      &lt;log4j.version&gt;1.2.17&lt;/log4j.version&gt;
      &lt;jdk.version&gt;1.7&lt;/jdk.version&gt;
      &lt;context.path&gt;UniteIDRestWS&lt;/context.path&gt;
  &lt;/properties&gt;
  &lt;build&gt;
      &lt;finalName&gt;${project.artifactId}&lt;/finalName&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;3.6.1&lt;/version&gt;
              &lt;configuration&gt;
                  &lt;!-- put your configurations here --&gt;
              &lt;/configuration&gt;
          &lt;/plugin&gt;
          &lt;plugin&gt;
              &lt;groupId&gt;org.apache.maven.plugins&lt;/groupId&gt;
              &lt;artifactId&gt;maven-war-plugin&lt;/artifactId&gt;
              &lt;version&gt;3.1.0&lt;/version&gt;
              &lt;configuration&gt;
                  &lt;webappDirectory&gt;/src/main/webapp/&lt;/webappDirectory&gt;
              &lt;/configuration&gt;
          &lt;/plugin&gt;
  
      &lt;/plugins&gt;
  &lt;/build&gt;
  &lt;dependencies&gt;
      &lt;!-- &lt;dependency&gt; &lt;groupId&gt;com.fasterxml.jackson.core&lt;/groupId&gt; &lt;artifactId&gt;jackson-databind&lt;/artifactId&gt; 
          &lt;version&gt;${jackson.version}&lt;/version&gt; &lt;/dependency&gt; --&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;com.googlecode.json-simple&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;json-simple&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;1.1.1&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;com.google.code.gson&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;gson&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;2.8.0&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;org.json&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;json&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;20131018&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;org.apache.maven.plugins&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;maven-surefire-plugin&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;2.9&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;log4j&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;log4j&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;${log4j.version}&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;org.springframework&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;spring-orm&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;${spring.version}&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;org.springframework&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;spring-jdbc&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;${spring.version}&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;org.springframework&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;spring-jdbc&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;${spring.version}&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;org.springframework&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;spring-web&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;${spring.version}&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;org.springframework&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;spring-webmvc&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;${spring.version}&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
  
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;org.springframework&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;spring-core&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;${spring.version}&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
  
      &lt;!-- Spring Security --&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;org.springframework.security&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;spring-security-core&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;${springsecurity.version}&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
  
  
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;org.springframework.security&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;spring-security-ldap&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;${springsecurity.version}&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
  
  
  
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;jstl&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;jstl&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;1.2&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
  
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;mysql&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;mysql-connector-java&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;5.1.6&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;org.codehaus.jackson&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;jackson-mapper-asl&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;1.9.10&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;org.hibernate&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;hibernate-entitymanager&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;${hibernate.version}&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
  
      &lt;!-- Spring Security --&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;org.springframework.security&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;spring-security-web&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;${springsecurity.version}&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;org.springframework.security&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;spring-security-config&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;${springsecurity.version}&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;org.springframework.security&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;spring-security-taglibs&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;${springsecurity.version}&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
  
  &lt;/dependencies&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
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  <p>Below is my project structure </p>
  
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