How do I add jars needed to compile a maven project if they were never built with a pom?
- by JasonH
I'm just starting with maven, coming from years of working with Ant.  I'm trying a basic task now, building a simple project that requires some libraries from a vendor.  I have the jars in src\main\resources\VENDORNAME.  When I run mvn compile it fails on compilation saying the libraries don't exist.
I can't seem to add these as dependencies because I don't know their version number and as they are proprietary I can't find them in ibiblio or elsewhere.  Without these Jars I can't compile my classes.
Is there a way to use jars that didn't follow Maven's convention?  I might not understand maven correctly, so any guidance is welcome.  Much appreciated for any responses.