[FIXED] How to find the parent of a Maven transitive dependency

Issue

I am building a Java (web) application with Maven and Eclipse.

When I look inside my .war file I can see the following logging libraries there:

log4j-1.2.14.jar
log4j-1.2.17.jar
slf4j-api-1.7.5.jar
slf4j-log4j12-1.7.5.jar

I did not declared these libraries in my pom.xml, so they probably are transitive dependencies (i.e. dependencies of my dependencies).

How can I find out which of my dependencies depend on these libraries?

I tried to use the mvn dependency:tree plugin, but it does not show any of these .jars.

In Eclipse, the Java Resources > Libraries > Maven Dependencies node does not show them either. Though, curiously, it shows other transitive dependencies of my project.

Solution

Open pom.xml in Eclipse and go to Dependency Hierarchy tab

Answered By - Evgeniy Dorofeev
Answer Checked By - Dawn Plyler (JavaFixing Volunteer)