IntelliJ not seeing resources folder

Question

I created a new Project from scratch in IntelliJ by using a Maven Module. I didn't select any specific archetypes and I clicked on finish. The project gets created nicely and I have the java and resources folders under src/main as expected.

Unfortunately, my application does not find any property files in the resources folder because it looks in the project base folder instead.

I double checked that the resources folder is marked as 'source folder' in the Project Structure and I also tried to add the following to the pom.xml with no success:

<resources>
  <resource>
    <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
  </resource>
</resources>

I'm using Maven 2.2.1 and IntelliJ 11.1, Any thoughts??

IDEA community edition 11.1.2 works well. Custom resource dirs not seem, but default dir 'src/main/resources' see well — Ilya, Sep 07 '12 at 22:09
What kind of resources do you have there? If it something custom types (*.bin, etc) you have to specify compiler to include these files — Eugen Martynov, Sep 08 '12 at 08:23
Can you show us a screenshot or typed text-version of your project's directory structure? — Jesse Webb, Sep 10 '12 at 22:55
One other thing to try... IDEA project creation sucks, unfortunately. I always use `mvn` command line with `archetype:generate` to create new projects. Then I use the POM file as a way to create a new IDEA project with existing sources (I think). If you have a pom, try deleting all your IDEA project files (.ipr, .iml, .idea, etc) and then creating a new IDEA project using the POM file. See what happens... — Jesse Webb, Sep 10 '12 at 22:58

score 9 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 09 '13 at 13:14

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There is a bug in Intellij 12 please go to Settings->Compiler and un-check "Use external build" check box - the idea behind it was that it was suppose to run faster with a compiler run in a separate process but in fact there is a bug and when using maven it does not copy resources.

answered Aug 09 '13 at 13:14

Ichtion

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Link to a relevant entry in IntelliJ issue tracker mentioning the fix: http://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-97759 – cooltea Dec 20 '13 at 10:04
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For those using IntelliJ IDEA 13, external build is the only option available since the older compiler has been removed. Thus, you won't find any checkbox for "Use external build". – Aditya Dec 03 '14 at 07:30

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 22 '17 at 13:51

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Right Click the Directory -> "Mark Directory as" -> "Resource Root"

answered Aug 22 '17 at 13:51

Ahmad Abdelghany

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 10 '12 at 22:50

try

<resources>
  <resource>
    <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
    <includes>
      <include>**/*</include>
    </includes>
  </resource>
</resources>

or under settings -> compiler -> resource patterns, add the resource pattern (i.e ?*.prefs)

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 09 '19 at 07:39

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Had similar issue. Solution that worked for me:

ClassLoader classLoader = getClass().getClassLoader();
File file = new File(classLoader.getResource("path").getFile());

answered Jan 09 '19 at 07:39

mafyak

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score 1 · Answer 5 · edited Aug 19 '19 at 16:54

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Well the answer is quite simple ..!
Just reference the file path in your source code as below:

src\\main\\resources\\FileName

& it should work as expected.

edited Aug 19 '19 at 16:54

Stephan Hogenboom

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answered Aug 19 '19 at 11:58

master

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score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Jul 19 '21 at 10:53

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I had a similar issue and resolved it.
My issue was not an Intellij issue, it was an error in my pom.xml
I had included this by mistake:

<packaging>pom</packaging>

Removing this (or correcting it) fixed my issue.

answered Jul 19 '21 at 10:53

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IntelliJ not seeing resources folder

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