Adding resources in IntelliJ for Maven project

Question

I have a project structure like this:

src
 |-main
    |-java
       |-com.abc.xyz
          |-Login.java

I have to add a resource file to t

Answer 1

from menu Run/edit configuration in VM option you should add -Dspring.config.location=path-file

I've tried it in IntelliJ, and it works!

Answer 2

As @maba pointed out, your properties file should be in the same package as your class for your code to work.

So, you should have two files:

• src/main/java/com/abc/xyz/Login.java
• src/main/resources/com/abc/xyz/launcher.properties

If IntelliJ is showing the resource or not is beside the question. What you need to do is check if the results are included in your target artefact.

Do a build all in IntelliJ, open up the resulting WAR/JAR/EAR with your favorite ZIP viewer and browse into the "com/abc/xyz" folder. You should see both files there.

• If they are, you are doing something wrong in your code. Check for typos, especially dots and spaces at the end or beginning (e.g. "launcher.properties[space]"), copy/paste the file name to make sure
• If they are not there, your IntelliJ setup is wrong. Resources do not get included in your target build. Check online for tutorials how to do this with IntelliJ idea.

Answer 3

Only solution worked for me:

File -> Project Structure -> Modules -> Dependencies Tab -> + Sign -> JARs or directories -> select resources directory -> Classes

Answer 4

I had the same problem and noticed that the resource file, for example: my.properties is not copied to the corresponding module folder in the target directory after build occurres. In order to solve that, I had to instruct Maven to copy the resources from the module directory to the target directory during the build process. In the .pom file I added <resource> element like that:

<project ...>
    ...
    <build>
        ...
        <resource>
            <directory>src/main/java/com/abc/xyz</directory>
            <targetPath>com/abc/xyz</targetPath>
        </resource>
    </build>
    ...
</project>

Note that the <directory> element is relative to the location of the .pom file , i.e. the root directory of the project, and the <targetPath> element indicates the package name separated by slashes.

Answer 5

Follow these two steps

1) Create a directory

Right Click ==> New ==> Directory

2) Mark Directory as Resources Root

Right Click on the Direcory ==> Mark Directory as ==> Resources Root

Answer 6

The launcher.properties should not be under a folder called Login. It should be placed directly in the src/main/resources/com/abc/xyz folder.

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It is really as simple as I said but if the resources folder is not marked as a sources folder then this may be the problem.

This is the initial class and setup:

Now create the resources folder:

This newly created folder should be automatically marked as a sources folder and if it is blue color marked then it is. Otherwise you'll have to mark it manually:

Now you'll be able to add packages to it:

And now you can add the file to it:

And rerunning the application will not give you any null value back:

And the package view will surely show the launchers.properties file as well: