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Fix missing src/main/java folder in Eclipse Maven Project – 2 build path entries are missing

November 17, 2016 by javainterviewpoint 16 Comments

At times when you create a maven webapp project, you will not be seeing src/main/java and src/test/java as a source folder. When you even try to create it manually you will be getting the error like “The folder is already a source folder”. In this article lets learn how to fix missing src/main/java folder in Eclipse Maven project

Fix missing src/main/java folder in Eclipse Maven Project 

Step 1 : Create a Maven Webapp project. Right click on the Package Explorer pane go to New –> Maven Project

Step 2 : Select the archetype as “maven-archetype-webapp”  and click on next and give the artifact id as “HelloWorld”.

New Maven Project

Step 3 : After you create a maven web app project, you will be having the Web project created like below. Now we can that the HelloWorld Project doesn’t have src/main/java and src/test/java folders in it. It has only the src/main/resource folder.

missing src main java folder

Step 4 : Even when you try to create a new Source folder you will be getting the error like ” The Folder is already a source folder “.

Source Folder

Step 5 : Fixing this issue is very simple, Right Click on the project go to Properties. In that go to Build Path, you will be having an error like ” 2 build path entries are missing “

2 build path entries are missing

Step 6 : This error usually occurs where the JRE System Library is wrongly pointed. Now go to Libraries tab and change the JRE System Library to the correct version.

JRE System Library

Step 7 : Once the JRE System Library is changed the issue should be resolved, all you need to do is to do an Update Project (Right on the Project –> Maven –> Update Project). Now you should have the src/main/java and src/test/java folders.

Package Explorer

Happy Learning !! 🙂

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Comments

  1. Vijjini says

    February 22, 2017 at 8:35 pm

    Many Thanksssssssssssssssssssssssssssss:)

    Reply
  2. Sergio says

    March 11, 2017 at 9:59 pm

    THANKSSS!!!!

    Reply
    • Amarnath Reddy says

      May 1, 2017 at 9:24 pm

      Thanks Bro its Working

      Reply
  3. Riaz says

    May 20, 2017 at 7:36 pm

    Thanks Bro

    Reply
  4. an user says

    July 18, 2017 at 1:32 pm

    Thankss bro. It is working!!!!

    Reply
  5. Karamjit Singh Sehdev says

    August 11, 2017 at 12:12 am

    thank you very much

    Reply
  6. Mickey Perlstein says

    November 5, 2017 at 11:24 pm

    worked. tnx

    Reply
  7. M says

    November 12, 2017 at 1:09 pm

    Thanks so much! I thought it was some kind of weird Maven update, so glad to see it’s a simply solved issue.
    Thank you!

    Reply
  8. Fuzzi says

    March 27, 2018 at 1:33 pm

    Thank you sooo much!! This was very helpful.

    Reply
  9. ihor says

    May 30, 2018 at 11:15 pm

    Fantastic, thanks a lot!!!

    Reply
  10. Shameer says

    September 2, 2018 at 8:15 pm

    Thank you so much. It worked well.

    Reply
  11. admire says

    May 14, 2019 at 9:54 am

    thanks for the solution. It is working now!

    Reply
  12. yogi says

    May 29, 2019 at 11:03 pm

    thanks bro

    Reply
  13. pooja says

    June 11, 2019 at 2:48 pm

    A Bigg Thanksssssss

    Reply
  14. Sandeep says

    September 12, 2019 at 9:32 am

    Big Thank you bro, I was struggling with issue for a week now. And finally your post helped me . Thanks a lot.

    Reply
  15. Rajeshwari says

    June 18, 2020 at 5:40 pm

    Thank you !!

    Reply

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