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user962206

Reputation: 16147

Maven Generated Project looks different when importing to Eclipse

I was trying to generate a Simple Spring-MVC project using this this tutorial

However. upon importing the project in eclipse. there were several errors(well for me atleast)

First is this.

The packages are colored white. what I was expecting is the packages should be brown, like the normal projects in Eclipse.

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Next. When Implemented the interface Named IndexController. it told me this error

"The Resource is not on the build path of a Java Project

what have I done wrong?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 378

Answers (1)

acdcjunior
acdcjunior

Reputation: 135802

Your .java files are in the resources folder. They should be at a /java/ one.

The workaround is shown below, but first, understand what's going on:

In the Maven default folder structure, Java source files (.java) should be in the /src/*/java folders, such as /src/main/java and /src/test/java.

The /src/*/resources folders are reserved for resources to be used by the program, like configuration/properties files, images and so on:

src
|--main
|  |--java
|  |  |--com
|  |  |  |--mypackage
|  |  |     |--MyClassA.java
|  |  |     |--submypackage
|  |  |        |--SomeOtherClass.java
|  |  |--net
|  |     |--netpackage
|  |        |--MyNetClassA.java
|  |--resources
|     |--myAppConfig.xml
|--test
   |--java
   |  |--com
   |     |--anotherpackage
   |        |--AnotherClassTest.java
   |--resources

How to fix it:

Create a /java/ source folder and place your .java files there:

  • Right-click on Java Resources
  • Select New
  • Select Source Folder
  • Select your project and give the folder the name src/main/java:

creating source folder

The src/main/java should be created. Move the packages (the com.todolist.* items) with the .java files there.

If you can, just to make sure Maven/Eclipse catches up to the new structure: right-click your project and click Maven -> Update Project...:

maven update project

Upvotes: 1

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