Maven compile issues

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trying to compile the com4j parent produces

 Non-resolvable parent POM: Could not find artifact org.jvnet.com4j:com4j-parent:pom:2.0-SNAPSHOT and 'parent.relativePath' points at wrong local POM @ line 3, column 11

trying seperately to compile the com4j type library importer produces

 Failed to execute goal on project tlbimp: Could not resolve dependencies for project org.jvnet.com4j:tlbimp:jar:2.2-SNAPSHOT: Failed to collect dependencies for [org.jvnet.com4j:com4j:jar:2.2-SNAPSHOT (compile), args4j:args4j:jar:2.0.8 (compile), ant:ant:jar:1.6.5 (provided), junit:junit:jar:4.11 (test)]: Failed to read artifact descriptor for org.jvnet.com4j:com4j:jar:2.2-SNAPSHOT: Failure to find org.jvnet.com4j:com4j-parent:pom:2.2-SNAPSHOT in http://repo.jenkins-ci.org/public/ was cached in the local repository, resolution will not be reattempted until the update interval of repo.jenkins-ci.org has elapsed or updates are forced -> [Help 1]