Intelij spring boot java file outside of source root

20 Jul 2021 InteliJ Spring Boot

Issue1: create new maven project “prj1” in “parrent1” folder then open “parent1” folder in InteliJ

• pom.xml show as XML file only

• cannot create Java class/package/interface
  

• Fix1:

  • Right click on pom.xml file > Add as Maven Project
    
    

Issue2: InteliJ Spring Boot Java file outside of source root (project clone somewhere)

• Fix2: mark “java” folder as source root