In an eclipse project, I referenced a class that was currently not in project's build path.
In the context sensitive pop-up that opens by hovering the mouse over the error, "Fix project setup" option has offered me to add a jar to the build path of the project. This jar is in my local maven repository.
However, the "correct" way to fix it is obviously by adding the relevant dependencies to my project's pom, instead of adding this jar to the build path of the project.
So is there a way to configure eclipse, so that it won't offer to add a maven repo jar to the build path, but it will offer to fix the project's pom?
This feature used to exist in m2eclipse (the predecessor of m2e), see e.g.
https://blog.sonatype.com/2010/03/adding-dependencies-using-m2eclipse/ which shows a "Search dependency for XXX" quickfix above the "Fix project setup..." quickfix.
Unfortunately it didn't make it into m2e, see https://www.eclipse.org/lists/m2e-users/msg01130.html
Make sure:
your project is fine outside of eclipse using only maven/pom, mvn
clean install (or similar) in an external shell/console
your eclipse project has maven nature
Eclipse -> Project -> Build Automatically is checked
Refresh your eclipse project
Do something in the pom.xml (save file) should trigger a build
I am learning building a Java project in Eclipse using Maven. I created a Java project HelloWorld from
“maven-archetype-quickstart” template in a folder D:/maven_projects. Then to convert the Maven project to support Eclipse IDE, I navigated into the project folder and issued the commands:
mvn eclipse:eclipse and mvn package .
Then I imported the project in Eclipse and did the necessary Eclipse configurations like setting the Maven local repository in Eclipse classpath. Now the project in D:/EclipseWorkspace folder. I ran the project successfully in Eclipse printing "helloworld".
Now if I want to go on develop the project and for that reason want to add new dependencies in pom.xml in Eclipse, then the new jars are not added in classpath when I run the project.
So my question is after importing a Maven project into Eclipse how can I add more and more dependencies in pom.xml, then build and run the project? What is the recommended and efficient way to do this?
I would recommend you don't use the m2eclipse command line tools (i.e. mvn eclipse:eclipse) and instead use the built-in Maven support, known as m2e.
Delete your project from Eclipse, then run mvn eclipse:clean on your project to remove the m2eclipse project data. Finally, with a modern version of Eclipse, just do "Import > Maven > Existing project into workspace..." and select your pom.xml.
M2e will automatically manage your dependencies and download them as required. It also supports Maven builds through a new "Run as Maven build..." interface. It's rather nifty.
1.Update project
Right Click on your project maven > update project
2.Build project
Right Click on your project again. run as > Maven build
If you have not created a “Run configuration” yet, it will open a new configuration with some auto filled values.
You can change the name. "Base directory" will be a auto filled value for you. Keep it as it is. Give maven command to ”Goals” fields.
i.e, “clean install” for building purpose
Click apply
Click run.
3.Run project on tomcat
Right Click on your project again. run as > Run-Configuration.
It will open Run-Configuration window for you.
Right Click on “Maven Build” from the right side column and Select “New”.
It will open a blank configuration for you.
Change the name as you want. For the base directory field you can choose values using 3 buttons(workspace,FileSystem,Variables). You can also copy and paste the auto generated value from previously created Run-configuration. Give the Goals as “tomcat:run”. Click apply. Click run.
If you want to get more clear idea with snapshots use the following link.
Build and Run Maven project in Eclipse
(I hope this answer will help someone come after the topic of the question)
Dependencies can be updated by using "Maven --> Update Project.." in Eclipse using m2e plugin, after pom.xml file modification.
Just install the m2e plugin for Eclipse. Then a new command in Eclipse's Import statement will be added called "Import existing maven projects".
answer 1
Right click on your project in eclipse
go to maven -> Update Project
answer 2
simply press Alt+F5
after updating your pom.xml. This will build your project again and download all jar files
Right Click on your project
Go to Maven>Update Project
Check the Force Update of Snapshots/Releases Checkbox
Click Ok
That's all. You can see progression of build in left below corner.
When you add dependency in pom.xml , do a maven clean , and then maven build , it will add the jars into you project.
You can search dependency artifacts at http://mvnrepository.com/
And if it doesn't add jars it should give you errors which will mean that it is not able to fetch the jar, that could be due to broken repository or connection problems.
Well sometimes if it is one or two jars, better download them and add to build path , but with a lot of dependencies use maven.
If you are getting this error :in cucumber Exception
Cucumber Exception: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException:
cucumber.io.ResourceLoader :
then add following jar file to your pom.xml
<dependency>
<groupId>info.cukes</groupId>
<artifactId>cucumber-core</artifactId>
<version>1.1.8</version>
</dependency>
Run the maven build once and should be gone
I just imported a project from subversion to IntelliJ IDEA 11 - it's a maven project. But I have a problem in maven library dependencies so that I can't include all maven dependencies automatically - IDEA shows dependency errors only when I open that class/ Thats what I get here:
So I want all dependencies to be added automatically - is that possible or do I have to go through all class files to identify and add maven dependencies?!
UPDATE: After doing some modifications I found how to resolve my problem in some way. Thats what I did:
but I think logically it will not include and check new dependencies ahead?!... Is there any settings area for this in intelliJ - auto export dependencies to classpath?
IntelliJ should download and add all your dependencies to the project's classpath automatically as long as your POM is compliant and all the dependencies are available.
When importing Maven projects into IntelliJ an information box usually comes up asking you if you want to configure Auto-Import for Maven projects. That means that if you make any changes to your POM those changes will be loaded automatically.
You can enable such feature going to File > Settings > Maven > Importing, there is a checkbox that says "Import Maven projects automatically".
If that doesn't help, then I would suggest to make a full clean-up and start again:
Close your project window (and IntelliJ) and remove all *.iml files and all .idea folders (there should be one per module)
Run mvn clean install from the command line
Re-import the project into IntelliJ and pay attention when it asks you to enable auto-import
IntelliJ 2016 Update:
The Import Maven Projects automatically setting has been moved to Build, Execution, Deployment > Build Tools > Maven > Importing in your IntelliJ preferences.
Fix before IntelliJ 14
File [menu] -> Settings -> maven -> importing and uncheck "use maven3 to import project"
ref: http://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-98425 (which may have a few other ideas too)
Fix IntelliJ 15+
Ran into this again, with IntelliJ 15 this time, which has no "use maven3 to import" option available anymore. The cause was that sometimes IntelliJ "doesn't parse maven dependencies right" and if it can't parse one of them right, it gives up on all of them, apparently. You can tell if this is the case by opening the maven projects tool window (View menu -> Tool Windows -> Maven Projects). Then expand one of your maven projects and its dependencies. If the dependencies are all underlined in red, "Houston, we have a problem".
You can actually see the real failure by mousing over the project name itself.
In my instance it said "Problems: No versions available for XXX" or "Failed to read descriptor for artifact org.xy.z" ref: https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-128846
and
https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-152555
It seems in this case I was dealing with a jar that didn't have an associated pom file (in our maven nexus repo, and also my local repository). If this is also your problem, "urrent work around: if you do not actually need to use classes from that jar in your own code (for instance a transitive maven dependency only), you can actually get away with commenting it out from the pom (temporarily), maven project reload, and then uncomment it. Somehow after that point IntelliJ "remembers" its old working dependencies. Adding a maven transitive exclude temporarily might also do it, if you're running into it from transitive chain of dependencies."
Another thing that might help is to use a "newer version" of maven than the bundled 3.0.5.
In order to set it up to use this as the default, close all your intellij windows, then open preferences -> build, execution and deployment -> build tools -> maven, and change the maven home directory, it should say "For default project" at the top when you adjust this, though you can adjust it for a particular project as well, as long as you "re import" after adjusting it.
Clear Caches
Deleting your intellij cache folders (windows: HOMEPATH/.{IntellijIdea,IdeaC}XXX linux ~/.IdeaIC15) and/or uninstalling and reinstalling IntelliJ itself. This can also be done by going to File [menu] -> Invalidate Caches / Restart.... Click invalidate and restart. This will reindex your whole project and solve many hard-to-trace issues with IntelliJ.
When importing the project, select pom.xml instead of the project directory. It should work.
Try to Re-Import the project from the Maven Projects panel in IntelliJ IDEA. It should download and configure all the dependencies defined in your pom.xml automatically.
If download doesn't work from IDEA for some reason, try mvn install from the command line and see if the dependencies can be fetched.
Of course all the required dependencies and any custom repositories must be defined directly in the pom.xml file.
For IntelliJ 2016-2.4 (and I believe other new-ish versions):
View > Tool Windows > Maven Projects
In the newly revealed toolbar, select Maven settings (icon of a toolset).
When this screen opens, expand the Maven menu and click 'Importing'
Here, click "Import Maven projects automatically." Also ensure that the 'JDK for Importer' option matches the JDK version you mean to use.
Click OK. Now go to the red dependency in your pom.xml, select the red lightbulb, and click 'Update Maven indices'.
What helped me:
Navigage:
Settings | Build, Execution, Deployment | Maven
Specify "Maven home directory" - the place you installed the maven
If certain maven modules are not compiling check if their pom.xml is on the "ignored files" list. In IntelliJ goto
preferences -> project settings -> maven -> ignored files
and check if the related pom.xml is ignored.
I had the same issue and tried all the answers mentioned here, none worked.
The simple solution is go to your project folder and delete all the .idea and .iml files and restart the IntelliJ ide. It works. No need to do anything with the settings.
Open IntelliJ Idea, Go to
File > Other Settings > Default Settings... > Maven (Preferences) > Importing or|
Preferences > Maven > Importing
Click on Enable Auto-import in the console.
When you create a new project you simply need to choose the option:
...
Import project from external model
Create IDEA project structure over existing external model (Eclipse, Maven...)
...
You'll find it pretty straight forward from there.
And in your case you can close your project and simply create a new one. Choose your project's directory, which will override it, making it a Maven project.
Importing Maven dependencies may not work if you import the same path several times. This may happen automatically after importing an existing maven project. I can't figure out why this happens, so I'm inclined to think it is a bug.
For example, if my project is
hibernate
src/main
src/test
the three paths may be imported as top nodes:
hibernate
src/main
src/test
If such is the case, the dependencies appear to be right, but they won't be used until you remove the superfluous paths (in this case, src/main and src/test). Once you do this, refresh and click Build > Rebuild Project. IDEA will pick up the dependencies.
A symptom of this problem is that IDEA warns you of a duplicated path when you manually check a library (second screenshot in the question).
There are several ways to re-read the dependencies in case you need it. If you go to the “Maven Projects” tab, there is a “Reimport All Maven Projects” icon at the top left of the tab. If you suspect IDEA became confused you can click on File > Invalidate Caches.
First check path Specified for User Settings file: in Settings -> Build,Execution,Development -> Build Tools -> Maven .
The field should have path of the settings.xml of your maven. Also the settings.xml should have correct path of remote repository.
Go into your project structure, under project Settings, Modules, select the dependencies table. For each dependency, change the scope from 'Test' to 'Compile'.
If in the lower right corner it says "2 processes running..." or similar, you may just need to wait for that to finish, since it may take time to download all the jars.
Reimport the project. If you install maven plugin you can use this.
Right click on the project -> Maven -> Reimport
I had a similar issue, in my case I am using a custom settings.xml which was not picked from IntelliJ.
Solution:
File > Settings > Build, Execution, Deployment > Maven: User settings file (chose here my custom settings.xml).
IntelliJ 2020.3.3
This one did it for me.
Build, Execution, Deployment > Build Tools.
Change "Reload project after changes in the build scripts":
from default "External Changes" to "Any Changes"
With this, it took a while for the project to rebuild but now I can see Maven dependencies in IntelliJ:
I ran into the problem that some subdependencies couldn't be resolved in IntelliJ 2016.3.X. This could be fixed by changing the Maven home directory in Settings > Build, Execution, Deployment > Build Tools > Maven from Bundled (Maven 3) to /usr/share/maven.
After that all subdependencies got resolved as in previous IntelliJ versions.
In my case, path for JAVA used by MAVEN was not set as JAVA_HOME as configured on the machine. Hence, it was not even trying to download the dependencies.
Steps I followed which solved this issue,
Checked for JAVA path , Settings >> Build >> Build Tools >> Importing >> JDK for importer. Pointed it to JAVA_HOME.
mvn clean install -U
Used above command to force the dependencies download.
Re imported Maven Projects
So I was also facing this problem in lots of my organisation's codebase. On addition to the answers suggested above, we can tweak around with the allocation pool memory of the jvm. This is because, the volume of the dependencies brought in large codebases may be overwhelming for the jvm for IDE to build the project completely. Hence tried increasing XMX value and it worked! Added -Xmx3072 to resolve the issue of "not building" my Java project in IntelliJ
Maven - Reimport did not work for me.
I have Spring project in STS(Eclipse) and my solution is to import project to IDEA like so:
1) File - New - Project from Existing Sources... - select directory - choose Eclipse.
2) Set Maven autoimport to true in settings.
3) Then right click in pom.xml and choose Add as Maven Project.
After this it has imported everything.
I had the similar issue with my macbook, just did a small change in pom.xml and it started downloading all dependencies:
Earlier dependencies were written as below for my windows machine:
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.mail</groupId>
<artifactId>mail</artifactId>
<version>1.4</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
I just removed the <dependencies> and </dependencies> tags and it started downloading all the dependencies:
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.mail</groupId>
<artifactId>mail</artifactId>
<version>1.4</version>
</dependency>
I am not sure it will work for you or not.. but worked fine for me.
Thanks
Deleting the .idea folder from the project directory, and then re-importing the project as a Maven project is what worked for me.
Invalidate Caches worked for me:
File > Invalidate Caches
Checks:
Clear file system cache and Local History
Clear downloaded shared indexes
Then Invalidate and Restart
I solved this issue by updating my settings.xml file with correct mirror config, seems that intellij will try to download meta-data from repository every time the maven module imported.
Hijacking a bit to add what ended up working for me:
Go into the Maven Projects sidebar on the right edge of the IDE, and verify that your dependencies are listed correctly under your module there. Assuming they are, just ask IDEA to reimport then (the first button at the top, looks like two blue arrows forming a counter-clockwise circle).
Once I did that, and let IDEA reload the project for me, all my dependencies were magically understood.
For reference: this was with IDEA 13.1.2
I faced the same problem and tried everything suggested which did not solve the issue, I was using Intellij version 13.1.3
Finally after spending more than couple of hours trying to fix it, I decided to try an upgraded version and opened the project in version 14.1.4 which ultimately resolved the issue. I would think this as a probable bug in the previous version.
I hope this helps!
I was able to resolve it by removing unnecessary modules from Project Settings -> Modules list.
It turns out these additional modules were created automatically by IntelliJ IDEA when I created the IntelliJ project by importing from the project folder (instead of by opening pom.xml). Then, after declaring the project as Maven project, proper modules were created, and existing modules were conflicting with them. It is also possible to exclude those modules during project creation.
In my case, one of the modules was ignored for some reason.
To resolve that: Right click the problematic module and choose "Unignore Projects".
You might be working under a company's internal network.
If so, to download or add external Maven dependencies your settings.xml file under user/<username>/.m2 folder might need to be updated.
Contact your administrator to provide the right settings.xml file and then paste it into you .m2 folder.
I have a "master project" that uses several "modules". The modules are in the pom.xml, but I also have the code for the modules as projects in Eclipse. I defined the modules as project dependencies both in "Properties|Project References" and in "Properties|Java Build Path". I also made sure all of the Eclipse projects are at the top of "Order and Export" in Java Build Path.
The master project is not recognizing changes to the modules within eclipse. When I press F3 to see the code, it opens java source from my .m2 directory. It's obviously ignoring my Eclipse projects. Am I missing some setting? What should I do?
You don't need to add the dependent projects into the Project references (at least when using m2eclipse-plugin), just add them as dependencies on your masters' pom.xml. I haven't had the need to touch the Build path since I've started using Maven in Eclipse.
Make sure you have enabled the Workspace resolution of the plugin by right clicking on project root -> Maven -> Enable Workspace Resolution. If it says "Disable Workspace Resolution", it is already enabled. You may also need to run "Update project configuration" under the same menu.
This way when you run your master-project from within Eclipse, any changes made to the other projects will be "visible" to the master (and you can actually use hot swap during runtime even on the other projects).
If you're using Maven, you pretty much want to commit to Maven. Even if you do configure Eclipse with Eclipse-specific dependencies, anytime you update your project configuration using Maven, it will do a complete rewrite of your configuration.
I strongly recommend converting any of your other project build dependencies into Maven-enabled projects that can be used as Maven dependencies.
In your specific case (through using the Maven modules), this means ensuring that each of your modules are imported into Eclipse as m2e-enabled projects. m2e will then automatically wire in the dependencies between modules and other dependent projects.
Im scratching my head as to why you would need your modules defined as dependencies on your top level project. Are you trying to avoid having to define the (cross) dependencies at a module level? In any case, as per other suggestions, first of all put your dependencies in the correct places in your POM, then either run
mvn eclipse:clean eclipse:eclipse
to update your Eclipse settings, or better still, make sure m2eclipse is installed and import your maven projects directly into the IDE.