Maven Integration for Eclipse JDK Warning

Things to be done to fix the problem

1. Add the following vm argument in the eclipse.ini

Note: This argument should be added before any of the vmargs
-vm C:/path/to/jdk/bin/javaw.exe

2. Change the Installed JREs to point to a JDK instance on your eclipse

Goto Window -> Preferences -> Java -> Installed JREs
Select the intalled JRE and click edit to point to a JDK home directory

Eclipse / Maven – Missing artifact jdk.tools:jdk.tools:jar:1.6

To resolve this error on your Eclipse all you have to do is

1. Copy the tools.jar from the jdk distribution on your machine to your local maven repository

mvn install:install-file -DgroupId=jdk.tools -DartifactId=jdk.tools -Dpackaging=jar -Dversion=1.6 -Dfile=tools.jar -DgeneratePom=true

2.  Add the following dependency in your pom.xml

<dependency>
    <groupId>jdk.tools</groupId>
    <artifactId>jdk.tools</artifactId>
    <version>1.6</version>
</dependency>