pom.xml for compiling old iText 2.0.8 on recent maven (may work for other iText versions as well)

gistfile1.txt

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
	<groupId>com.lowagie</groupId>
	<artifactId>itext</artifactId>
	<packaging>jar</packaging>
	<name>iText, a Free Java-PDF library</name>
	<version>2.0.8</version>
	<description>iText, a free Java-PDF library</description>
	<url>http://www.lowagie.com/iText/</url>
	<mailingLists>
		<mailingList>
			<name>iText Questions</name>
			<subscribe>
				http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions
			</subscribe>
			<post>[email protected]</post>
			<archive>
				http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.java.lib.itext.general
			</archive>
			<otherArchives>
				<otherArchive>http://www.nabble.com/iText---General-f2701.html</otherArchive>
				<otherArchive>http://www.junlu.com/2.html</otherArchive>
				<otherArchive>http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=3273</otherArchive>
				<otherArchive>http://www.mail-archive.com/itext-questions%40lists.sourceforge.net/</otherArchive>
			</otherArchives>
		</mailingList>
	</mailingLists>
	<developers>
		<developer>
			<id>blowagie</id>
			<name>Bruno Lowagie</name>
			<email>[email protected]</email>
			<url>http://www.lowagie.com</url>
		</developer>
		<developer>
			<id>psoares33</id>
			<name>Paulo Soares</name>
			<email>[email protected]</email>
		</developer>
		<developer>
			<id>hallm</id>
			<name>Mark Hall</name>
			<email>[email protected]</email>
		</developer>
		<developer>
			<id>xlv</id>
			<name>Xavier Le Vourch</name>
			<email>[email protected]</email>
		</developer>
	</developers>
	<licenses>
		<license>
			<name>Mozilla Public License</name>
			<url>http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/MPL-1.1.html</url>
			<comments>
				iText was originally published under the LGPLicense.
				LGPL can be used as an alternative license for the MPL.
			</comments>
		</license>
	</licenses>
	<scm>
		<connection>scm:svn:http://itext.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/itext</connection>
		<url>http://itext.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/itext</url>
	</scm>
	<dependencies>
		<dependency>
			<groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
			<artifactId>bcmail-jdk16</artifactId>
			<version>1.38</version>
		</dependency>
		<dependency>
			<groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
			<artifactId>bcprov-jdk16</artifactId>
			<version>1.38</version>
		</dependency>
	</dependencies>
	<build>
		<resources>
            <resource>
                <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
                <includes>
                    <include>**/*.lng</include>
                    <include>**/*.afm</include>
                    <include>**/*.html</include>
                    <include>**/*.txt</include>
                </includes>
            </resource>
        </resources>
		<sourceDirectory>../core</sourceDirectory>
		<plugins>
			<plugin>
				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
				<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
				<version>2.3</version>
				<configuration>
					<archive>
						<manifest>
							<mainClass>
								com.lowagie.tools.ToolboxAvailable
							</mainClass>
						</manifest>
					</archive>
				</configuration>
			</plugin>
		</plugins>
	</build>
</project>