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

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.