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Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:2.3.2:compile (default-compile)

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I am using Maven 3.0.5 and Spring Tool Source 3.2 with Maven plugin installed. When I try to do 'Run As---> Maven install', I am getting the following error:
[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO]                                                                         
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Building Spring Social Twitter4J Sample 1.0.0
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[WARNING] The POM for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:jar:2.3.2 is invalid, transitive dependencies (if any) will not be available, enable debug logging for more details
[WARNING] The POM for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-war-plugin:jar:2.1.1 is invalid, transitive dependencies (if any) will not be available, enable debug logging for more details
[WARNING] The POM for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-install-plugin:jar:2.3.1 is invalid, transitive dependencies (if any) will not be available, enable debug logging for more details
[INFO] 
[INFO] --- maven-resources-plugin:2.5:resources (default-resources) @ spring-social-twitter4j ---
[debug] execute contextualize
[WARNING] Using platform encoding (Cp1252 actually) to copy filtered resources, i.e. build is platform dependent!
[INFO] Copying 15 resources
[INFO] 
[INFO] --- maven-compiler-plugin:2.3.2:compile (default-compile) @ spring-social-twitter4j ---
[WARNING] The POM for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:jar:2.3.2 is invalid, transitive dependencies (if any) will not be available, enable debug logging for more details
Jun 21, 2013 2:14:32 AM org.sonatype.guice.bean.reflect.Logs$JULSink warn
WARNING: Error injecting: org.apache.maven.plugin.CompilerMojo
**java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/codehaus/plexus/compiler/CompilerException**
    at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredConstructors0(Native Method)
    at java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredConstructors(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredConstructors(Unknown Source)
    at com.google.inject.spi.InjectionPoint.forConstructorOf(InjectionPoint.java:245)
    at com.google.inject.internal.ConstructorBindingImpl.create(ConstructorBindingImpl.java:98)
    at com.google.inject.internal.InjectorImpl.createUninitializedBinding(InjectorImpl.java:629)
    at com.google.inject.internal.InjectorImpl.createJustInTimeBinding(InjectorImpl.java:831)
    at com.google.inject.internal.InjectorImpl.createJustInTimeBindingRecursive(InjectorImpl.java:758)
    at com.google.inject.internal.InjectorImpl.getJustInTimeBinding(InjectorImpl.java:255)
    at com.google.inject.internal.InjectorImpl.getBindingOrThrow(InjectorImpl.java:204)
    at com.google.inject.internal.InjectorImpl.getProviderOrThrow(InjectorImpl.java:954)
    at com.google.inject.internal.InjectorImpl.getProvider(InjectorImpl.java:987)
    at com.google.inject.internal.InjectorImpl.getProvider(InjectorImpl.java:950)
    at com.google.inject.internal.InjectorImpl.getInstance(InjectorImpl.java:1000)
    at org.sonatype.guice.bean.reflect.AbstractDeferredClass.get(AbstractDeferredClass.java:45)
    at com.google.inject.internal.ProviderInternalFactory.provision(ProviderInternalFactory.java:84)
    at com.google.inject.internal.InternalFactoryToInitializableAdapter.provision(InternalFactoryToInitializableAdapter.java:52)
    at com.google.inject.internal.ProviderInternalFactory$1.call(ProviderInternalFactory.java:70)
    at com.google.inject.internal.ProvisionListenerStackCallback$Provision.provision(ProvisionListenerStackCallback.java:100)
    at org.sonatype.guice.plexus.lifecycles.PlexusLifecycleManager.onProvision(PlexusLifecycleManager.java:138)
    at com.google.inject.internal.ProvisionListenerStackCallback$Provision.provision(ProvisionListenerStackCallback.java:108)
    at com.google.inject.internal.ProvisionListenerStackCallback.provision(ProvisionListenerStackCallback.java:55)
    at com.google.inject.internal.ProviderInternalFactory.circularGet(ProviderInternalFactory.java:68)
    at com.google.inject.internal.InternalFactoryToInitializableAdapter.get(InternalFactoryToInitializableAdapter.java:45)
    at com.google.inject.internal.InjectorImpl$3$1.call(InjectorImpl.java:965)
    at com.google.inject.internal.InjectorImpl.callInContext(InjectorImpl.java:1011)
    at com.google.inject.internal.InjectorImpl$3.get(InjectorImpl.java:961)
    at com.google.inject.Scopes$1$1.get(Scopes.java:59)
    at org.sonatype.guice.bean.locators.LazyBeanEntry.getValue(LazyBeanEntry.java:83)
    at org.sonatype.guice.plexus.locators.LazyPlexusBean.getValue(LazyPlexusBean.java:49)
    at org.codehaus.plexus.DefaultPlexusContainer.lookup(DefaultPlexusContainer.java:253)
    at org.codehaus.plexus.DefaultPlexusContainer.lookup(DefaultPlexusContainer.java:245)
    at org.apache.maven.plugin.internal.DefaultMavenPluginManager.getConfiguredMojo(DefaultMavenPluginManager.java:455)
    at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultBuildPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultBuildPluginManager.java:92)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:209)
    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.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:84)
    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:320)
    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(Unknown Source)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
    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.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.codehaus.plexus.compiler.CompilerException
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.strategy.SelfFirstStrategy.loadClass(SelfFirstStrategy.java:50)
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.realm.ClassRealm.loadClass(ClassRealm.java:244)
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.realm.ClassRealm.loadClass(ClassRealm.java:230)
    ... 54 more
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 2.749s
[INFO] Finished at: Fri Jun 21 02:14:32 IST 2013
[INFO] Final Memory: 4M/15M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
**[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:2.3.2:compile (default-compile) on project spring-social-twitter4j: Execution default-compile of goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:2.3.2:compile failed: A required class was missing while executing org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:2.3.2:compile: org/codehaus/plexus/compiler/CompilerException**
[ERROR] -----------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] realm =    plugin>org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:2.3.2
[ERROR] strategy = org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.strategy.SelfFirstStrategy
[ERROR] urls[0] = file:/C:/Users/SS%20Computer/.m2/repository/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-compiler-plugin/2.3.2/maven-compiler-plugin-2.3.2.jar
[ERROR] urls[1] = file:/C:/Users/SS%20Computer/.m2/repository/org/codehaus/plexus/plexus-utils/1.1/plexus-utils-1.1.jar
[ERROR] Number of foreign imports: 1
[ERROR] import: Entry[import  from realm ClassRealm[maven.api, parent: null]]
[ERROR] 
[ERROR] -----------------------------------------------------: org.codehaus.plexus.compiler.CompilerException
[ERROR] -> [Help 1]
[ERROR] 
[ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch.
[ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.
[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/PluginContainerException
Please find below my pom.xml: 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<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>org.springframework.social.samples</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-social-twitter4j</artifactId>
    <name>Spring Social Twitter4J Sample</name>
    <packaging>war</packaging>
    <version>1.0.0</version>
    <properties>
        <java-version>1.6</java-version>
        <org.springframework.social-version>1.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</org.springframework.social-version>
        <org.springframework-version>3.2.1.RELEASE</org.springframework-version>
        <org.springframework.security-version>3.1.3.RELEASE</org.springframework.security-version>
        <org.slf4j-version>1.7.2</org.slf4j-version>
    </properties>
    <dependencies>
        <!-- Spring -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
            <version>${org.springframework-version}</version>
            <exclusions>
                <!-- Exclude Commons Logging in favor of SLF4j -->
                <exclusion>
                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
            </exclusions>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
            <version>${org.springframework-version}</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-jdbc</artifactId>
            <version>${org.springframework-version}</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-tx</artifactId>
            <version>${org.springframework-version}</version>
        </dependency>               
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-security-web</artifactId>
            <version>${org.springframework.security-version}</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-security-taglibs</artifactId>
            <version>${org.springframework.security-version}</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-security-config</artifactId>
            <version>${org.springframework.security-version}</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.social</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-social-core</artifactId>
            <version>${org.springframework.social-version}</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.social</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-social-web</artifactId>
            <version>${org.springframework.social-version}</version>
        </dependency>
        <!-- Twitter4J -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.twitter4j</groupId>
            <artifactId>twitter4j-core</artifactId>
            <version>2.2.3</version>
        </dependency>
        <!-- JSR 303 with Hibernate Validator -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>javax.validation</groupId>
            <artifactId>validation-api</artifactId>
            <version>1.0.0.GA</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
            <artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
            <version>4.1.0.Final</version>
        </dependency>
        <!-- Logging -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
            <version>${org.slf4j-version}</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
            <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
            <version>${org.slf4j-version}</version>
            <scope>runtime</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
            <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
            <version>${org.slf4j-version}</version>
            <scope>runtime</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
            <version>1.2.16</version>
            <scope>runtime</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
            <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
            <version>1.3.159</version>
        </dependency>
        <!-- @Inject -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>javax.inject</groupId>
            <artifactId>javax.inject</artifactId>
            <version>1</version>
        </dependency>
        <!-- CGLIB, only required and used for @Configuration usage -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>cglib</groupId>
            <artifactId>cglib-nodep</artifactId>
            <version>2.2</version>
        </dependency>
        <!-- Servlet -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
            <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
            <version>2.5</version>
            <scope>provided</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>javax.servlet.jsp</groupId>
            <artifactId>jsp-api</artifactId>
            <version>2.1</version>
            <scope>provided</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>javax.servlet.jsp.jstl</groupId>
            <artifactId>jstl-api</artifactId>
            <version>1.2</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.glassfish.web</groupId>
            <artifactId>jstl-impl</artifactId>
            <version>1.2</version>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>
    <repositories>
        <repository>
            <id>org.springframework.maven.release</id>
            <name>Spring Maven Release Repository</name>
            <url>http://maven.springframework.org/release</url>
            <releases><enabled>true</enabled></releases>
            <snapshots><enabled>false</enabled></snapshots>
        </repository>
        <!-- For testing against latest Spring snapshots -->
        <repository>
            <id>org.springframework.maven.snapshot</id>
            <name>Spring Maven Snapshot Repository</name>
            <url>http://maven.springframework.org/snapshot</url>
            <releases><enabled>false</enabled></releases>
            <snapshots><enabled>true</enabled></snapshots>
        </repository>
        <!-- For developing against latest Spring milestones -->
        <repository>
            <id>org.springframework.maven.milestone</id>
            <name>Spring Maven Milestone Repository</name>
            <url>http://maven.springframework.org/milestone</url>
            <snapshots><enabled>false</enabled></snapshots>
        </repository>
    </repositories>
    <build>
        <resources>
            <resource>
                <directory>src/main/java</directory>
            </resource>
        </resources>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>2.3.2</version>                
                <configuration>
                    <source>${java-version}</source>
                    <target>${java-version}</target>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>2.1.1</version>
                <configuration>
                    <warName>spring-social-twitter4j</warName>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                <artifactId>tomcat-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>1.1</version>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>
</project>
During maven install my goal is war:war to make WAR of my application.




    

                @EugeneHoza codehaus JIRA is closed and your link is dead. Do you see now why links should never be the only piece of information ?
– naXa stands with Ukraine
                Apr 3, 2018 at 11:55
                Check your java version, whether the one you have used in the project is the same as the one you've configured in the project directory. Check whether the java home variable, jre home variable and path variables are also set properly.
– Muaz
                Nov 24, 2020 at 3:41
                Similar with what @wener suggested I deleted the folder ~/.m2\repository\org\apache\maven and worked for me.
– Edu Costa
                Sep 24, 2016 at 21:54
Deleting full .m2 local repository solved my problem, too.
If you don't know where it is, the locations are:
Unix/Mac OS X – ~/.m2/repository
Windows – C:\Documents and Settings\{your-username}\.m2\repository 
        ( %USERPROFILE%\.m2\repository too, as suggested by **MC Empero** )
                Note that, in Windows, typing %USERPROFILE% will lead you to your profile directory where the .m2 folder is located.
– MC Emperor
                Oct 5, 2018 at 13:38
                Anyone knows why this problem happens? I have the same issue and delete the directory solves it.
– Yushan ZHANG
                Nov 9, 2018 at 13:41
I am adding more points to the solution by @Rushi Shah
mvn clean install -X helps to identify the root cause.
Some of the important phases of Maven build lifecycle are: 
clean – the project is clean of all artifacts that came from previous compilations
compile – the project is compiled into /target directory of project root
install – packaged archive is copied into local maven repository (could in your user's home directory under /.m2)
test – unit tests are run
package – compiled sources are packaged into archive (JAR by default)
The 1.6 under  tag refers to JDK version.
We need to ensure that proper jdk version in our dev environment or change the value to 
1.7 or 1.5 or whatever if the application can be supported in that JDK version.
<build>
    <plugins>
        <plugin>
            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
            <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>3.0</version>
            <configuration>
                <source>1.6</source>
                <target>1.6</target>
            </configuration>
        </plugin>
    </plugins>
</build>
We can find the complete details on Maven build lifecycle in Maven site. 
I had the same problem, check the installed jre used by Maven in your Run Configuration...
In your case, I think that the maven-compiler-plugin:jar:2.3.2 needs a jdk1.6
To do this : Run Configuration > YOUR_MAVEN_BUILD > JRE > Alternate JRE
Hope this helps.
                this is the best solution,also worked for me no need to delete files i think this is actually what was causing the problem
– Dunken
                Aug 21, 2016 at 12:54
                you must let the world know about this. because even when i set jre to jdk in windows-> preferences, it doesn't work. but your answer works.
– divine
                Feb 25, 2017 at 0:22
Sometimes it is caused due to the project points to JRE rather than JDK.So try this,
1.Right Click on project -->Build Path --> Configure Build Path -->Add Library -->JRE System Library -->Environments--> Installed JREs-->Point to java folder in c: drive (Windows) and select JDK folder and ok.
2.Remove the already present JRE from build path.
                Worked perfectly!!  Update: In Eclipse Java Oxygen, on the "Installed JREs" page, you have to click "Add..." before pointing to the folder
– gotube
                Nov 13, 2017 at 14:17
                Yes, this worked for me as well. I think its a quick solution to remove existing JRE and add again.
– Nikhil Lotke
                Dec 7, 2019 at 7:47
None of the other answers suggests downloading just the missing plugin.
Before you delete your whole .m2 repository and re-download all project dependencies and all plugins, you may want to try:
mvn dependency:resolve-plugins
That will download just the missing plugins.
                esto me sirvio ya que al ejecutarlo , sale los comandos exactos que necesitas usar para manuelmente solucionarlo.
– jorge luis chavez bonifacio
                Apr 18 at 20:54
Sometimes this issue comes because the java.version which you have mentioned in POM.xml is not the one installed in your machine.
<properties>
    <java.version>1.7</java.version>
</properties>
Ensure you exactly mention the same version in your pom.xml as the jdk and jre version present in your machine.
                Thank you… This Answer gave me the idea that in my case the problem had something to do with the version of Java. Turns out I had Java 9 as well as Java 8 installed on macOS. Deleted Java 9, now Maven runs well. See my Answer.
– Basil Bourque
                Oct 8, 2017 at 21:57
Usually, define maven-compiler-plugin is sufficient enough. add the following to your compiler plugin definition.
<plugin>
    <inherited>true</inherited>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>              
</plugin>
                Yes I added "<inherited>true</inherited>" in my pom.xml and when I save it, I get the following exception : An internal error occurred during: "Updating Maven Dependencies". org/apache/maven/shared/filtering/MavenFilteringException
– Rushi Shah
                Jun 21, 2013 at 16:10
                I have finally received the solution by running the following command : mvn clean install -X. It gave me the root cause. Actually my JAVA_HOME was pointing to JRE_HOME and the compiler in maven-compiler-plugin, it was looking for, ships with only JDK. So, I installed JDK and updated my JAVA_HOME.
– Rushi Shah
                Jun 21, 2013 at 19:54
                doesnt help : [WARNING] Unable to autodetect 'javac' path, using 'javac' from the environment.
– MemLeak
                Oct 30, 2013 at 16:40
If you can't solve your problem using above two topic get this action
Close your project. Delete your full .m2 folder
How to fined .m2 file(windows)
  Go to Local Disk(C) ->Users ->Select your PC name ->.m2 file
Either remove the below code from the pom.xml or correct your java version to make it work.
  <plugin>
    <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>3.0</version>
    <configuration>
      <source>1.6</source>
      <target>1.6</target>
    </configuration>
  </plugin>
                This Worked for me. But one question on that if you do not mind. Is it that we downgrading the compiler. But will it create any issue ?
– Kishan Bheemajiyani
                Sep 7, 2020 at 2:55
I got this error when trying to calling mvn install on a project. 
I had installed Java 9 on macOS as well as Java 8 Update 144. My Maven project was apparently invoking Java 9 and failing. Removed Java 9 from my Mac, leaving just Java 8 in place. Maven is now happily building my project to successful completion.
Using Apache Maven 3.5.0 on macOS Sierra.
Actually, if you do not want to delete your local .m2/repository/... and you are have a downloaded copy of Maven from Apache, you can have Eclipse /STS use that external Maven and you can edit the {maven}\conf\settings.xml to point your localRepository to a new empty location. 
<localRepository>C:\java\repository</localRepository>
Of course, you will have a new repository with all of the maven source downloads in addition to your previous .m2 location.
check the  property endorsed.dir tag in your pom.xml.

I also had this problem and I fixed by modifying the property.  
Example:
<endorsed.dir>${project.build.directory}/endorsed</endorsed.dir>  
I renamed the .m2 directory, this didn't help yet, so I installed the newest sdk/jdk and restarted eclipse. This worked.
It seems an SDK was needed and I only had installed a JRE.
Which is weird, because eclipse worked on the same machine for a different older project.
I imported a second maven project, and Run/maven install did only complete after restarting eclipse. So maybe just a restart of eclipse was necessary.
Importing yet another project, and had to do maven install twice before it worked even though I had restarted eclipse.
Sometimes it may be due to the use of wrong java version. Check the java version supported for the tool you are going to use. In my case, it was due to java 8 be used on maven build and it supposed to be JAVA 11.
Change the version before do mvn clean install
by command for Linux export JAVA_HOME=<path>
I am using Intellij IDE and If you are getting this error don't use terminal. Use Maven tab on IDE and
Select your project and do these steps;
Click clean
Click install
It works for me
Maybe you can add this dependency to your pom.xml. I use this method and solve the problem！
<dependency> 
    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> 
    <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId> 
    <version>2.3.2</version> 
</dependency>
for the new users on Mac os , 
find out .m2 folder and delete it, its on your  /Users/.m2 directory.
you wont get to see .m2 folder in finder(File Explorer), for this user this command to Show Mac hidden files
$ defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
after this press alt and click on finder-> relaunch, you can see /Users/.m2
to hide files again, simply use this
$ defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles false
It's really incredible to be oblige to erase whole .m2/repository content.
I suggest to type this command (On Windows) :
mvn clean
mvn -X package > my_log_file.log
The last command enable Debug option et redirect output to a file. Open the file and search ERROR or WARNING key words. You can find this kind of expression :
DEBUG] =======================================================================
[WARNING] The POM for javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:jar:4.0.0 is invalid, transitive dependencies (if any) will not be available: 1 problem was encountered while building the effective model for javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:4.0.0
[FATAL] Non-parseable POM C:\Users\vifie\.m2\repository\net\java\jvnet-parent\3\jvnet-parent-3.pom: processing instruction can not have PITarget with reserved xml name (position: END_TAG seen ...</profiles>\n\n</project>\n\n<?xml ... @160:7)  @ C:\Users\vifie\.m2\repository\net\java\jvnet-parent\3\jvnet-parent-3.pom, line 160, column 7
[WARNING] The POM for org.glassfish:javax.json:jar:1.0.4 is invalid, transitive dependencies (if any) will not be available: 1 problem was encountered while building the effective model for org.glassfish:javax.json:[unknown-version]
[FATAL] Non-parseable POM C:\Users\vifie\.m2\repository\net\java\jvnet-parent\3\jvnet-parent-3.pom: processing instruction can not have PITarget with reserved xml name (position: END_TAG seen ...</profiles>\n\n</project>\n\n<?xml ... @160:7)  @ C:\Users\vifie\.m2\repository\net\java\jvnet-parent\3\jvnet-parent-3.pom, line 160, column 7
It's esay in this case to understand you have just to delete directory C:\Users\vifie.m2\repository\net\java\jvnet-parent\3
Relaunch compilation, packaging and so on :
mvn package
WARNING disappear just because you delete POM file corrupted at the good location and maven re download it. Normally the new POM file is better.
Often debug mode give you messages with more comprehensive details.
Why I redirect log to a file : Simply because on Windows console don't have enough buffer to store all lines and often you cannot see all lines.
The solution that finally fixed it was adding this to POM:
<failOnMissingWebXml>false</failOnMissingWebXml>
As mentioned here Error assembling WAR - webxml attribute is required
Our POM now contains this:

<plugin>
<inherited>true</inherited>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
<version>${maven-war-plugin.version}</version>
<configuration>
<failOnMissingWebXml>false</failOnMissingWebXml>
<warName>${project.artifactId}</warName>
<attachClasses>true</attachClasses>
</configuration>
</plugin>  
It is because your Jenkins not able to find setting file. If deleting .m2 not work, try below solution
Go to your JOB configuration
than to the Build section
Add build step :- Invoke top level maven target and fill Maven version and Goal
than click on Advance button and mention settings file path as mention in image
It is because your Maven not able to find settings file. If deleting .m2 not work, try below solution
Go to your JOB configuration
than to the Build section
Add build step :- Invoke top level maven target and fill Maven version and Goal
than click on Advance button and mention settings file path as mention in image
In my case, a .properties file (Spring Boot's application.properties) contained an accentuated character at some point. As you can see, it was treated as critical error, due to this IOUtil.copy using a Reader as a source, so it decodes the byte stream while copying, which is always a good source of hard to guess exceptions.
Caused by: java.nio.charset.MalformedInputException: Input length = 1
    at java.nio.charset.CoderResult.throwException (CoderResult.java:274)
    at sun.nio.cs.StreamDecoder.implRead (StreamDecoder.java:339)
    at sun.nio.cs.StreamDecoder.read (StreamDecoder.java:178)
    at java.io.InputStreamReader.read (InputStreamReader.java:185)
    at java.io.BufferedReader.read1 (BufferedReader.java:210)
    at java.io.BufferedReader.read (BufferedReader.java:287)
    at java.io.BufferedReader.fill (BufferedReader.java:161)
    at java.io.BufferedReader.read (BufferedReader.java:182)
    at org.apache.maven.shared.filtering.BoundedReader.read (BoundedReader.java:85)
    at org.apache.maven.shared.filtering.MultiDelimiterInterpolatorFilterReaderLineEnding.read (MultiDelimiterInterpolatorFilterReaderLineEnding.java:235)
    at org.apache.maven.shared.filtering.MultiDelimiterInterpolatorFilterReaderLineEnding.read (MultiDelimiterInterpolatorFilterReaderLineEnding.java:197)
    at java.io.Reader.read (Reader.java:229)
    at org.apache.maven.shared.utils.io.IOUtil.copy (IOUtil.java:199)
    at org.apache.maven.shared.utils.io.IOUtil.copy (IOUtil.java:181)
    at org.apache.maven.shared.utils.io.FileUtils.copyFile (FileUtils.java:1908)
Had the same issue while converting my project to JDK 11
The suggested removing the .m2/repository did not work
Gone through almost all the suggestions mentioned on the internet but no luck
What I did was remove all the dependencies from the child module pom.xml and add them one by one again. This method was a success and worked like a charm
The problem I had was some of the dependency was changed in the new JDK 11 and need to separately add to the pom.xml. The codebase did not show any error even cleaning the .m2/repository did not. So had to follow use this solution