Java project folder structure in IntelliJ IDEA

Question

What is an acceptable folder structure for Java projects in IntelliJ IDEA?

Multiple sources (like this) suggest the following structure:

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│ .idea    
└─         


        

Answer 1

Your configuration in the IntelliJ's File > Project Structure page will be overridden by the project's pom.xml after every clean install. To prevent this, you need to configure the source directory in pom.xml as below:

src/main/java