Maven - How to find correct groupId/artifactId to include dependency in POM

Question

In general, what is the best strategy for finding the groupId and artifactId for a well-known dependency for use in a Maven POM? For example, how would I find the correct en

Answer 1

Maven site suggests to browse biblio to get maven co-ordinates; http://www.ibiblio.org/ .

Say for log4j

First, we need to know what the groupId, artifactId, and version are for log4j. We can browse ibiblio and look for it, or use Google to help by searching for "site:www.ibiblio.org maven2 log4j".

Maven metadata for log4j: http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/maven2/log4j/log4j/maven-metadata.xml