How to create a src/main/resources directory?

Question

All my classes were working fine. Then I wanted to create main/resources to add logback.xml in main/resources in my project

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Answer 1

If your project is eclipse project then it will automatically recognize the folders
Open command line, change directory to the folder with the pom.xml
and past this into the CMD:

echo This will create all required folders for maven project.
echo creating  Application\Library sources
MD "src\main\java"
echo creating  Application\Library resources
MD "src\main\resources"
echo creating  Resource filter files
MD "src\main\filters"
echo creating  Web application sources
MD "src\main\webapp"
echo creating  Test sources
MD "src\test\java"
echo creating  Test resources
MD "src\test\resources"
echo creating  Test resource filter files
MD "src\test\filters"
echo creating  Integration Tests (primarily for plugins)
MD "src\it"
echo creating  Assembly descriptors
MD "src\assembly"
echo creating  Site
MD "src\site"

Answer 2

Try to add new Source Folder. Right click on your src->New>Source Folder:main/resources

Answer 3

Locate your pom.xml. Navigate to the build tag in it. Inside this tag you will have to look for any declaration regarding your source directory. Might be sourceDirectory direclty, or it might appear in any of plugin as well. Upon finding so, try un-commenting the same and do a Right Click->Maven->Update Project. Should solve for most cases. If not you have some other issue.

Answer 4

Right Click your project -> Build Path -> New Source Folder

Type the folder path, src/main/resources and click Finish.

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