On 9/18/25 22:42, Blake McBride wrote: > According to ChatGPT: > > If you have *multiple source roots*, Maven itself only supports a *single* > |<sourceDirectory>| and |<testSourceDirectory>| in the |<build>| section. To > handle *more than one*, you need to *declare one as the “main”* and then use > the |build-helper-maven-plugin| to add the rest. thats essentially what i said two mails ago.
-mbien > > This is one of many reasons I resorted to my own build system. > > (BTW, IntelliJ supports any number of source roots.) > > --blake > > > On Thu, Sep 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM Michael Bien <[email protected]> wrote: > > NetBeans reads the build configuration to reason over the project. It > interfaces > with the build tool to figure out what the project structure is. > > Lets say you have a maven project which is buildable using the terminal. > > NB can open it, build an internal model, discover all sources, > dependencies, > subprojects etc. Once done, NB will know where method 2 is which is called > by method 1 and allow you to navigate between them etc. > > There is no such thing as a "NetBeans project" where you tell NB where > the resources are and how to build them. NB interfaces with the build > tool, > since the build (pom.xml to stay with the example) knows everything > already. > > There is optional extra configuration you can add. E.g to remember what > specific JDK you want to use for a specific project, but other than that > there is nothing NB specific to configure. > > try creating a new maven project using the wizard, you will > see it has nothing in it except the pom and a java file. > > -mbien > > > On 9/18/25 21:41, Blake McBride wrote: > > Thanks, Michael. However, I am not talking about the build process > here. I am talking about the IDE's ability to resolve references. In other > words, if method 1 calls method 2 and they're in different source roots the > IDE needs to understand that. > > > > Thanks. > > > > Blake > > > > > > On Thu, Sep 18, 2025 at 1:40 PM Michael Bien <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > depends on the project type. > > > > for ant its in the project properties window (right click). simply > add another source folder using the UI. > > > > maven is all about convention, you add for example the > build-helper-maven-plugin and tell it > > where the additional folder is. It will show up under "Other > Sources" in the tree. > > (project properties window has some info in the source section) > > > > for gradle I don't know unfortunately, but I am sure its in the > gradle doc somewhere. > > if you configure it in the build, NB should find it. > > > > best regards, > > michael > > > > On 9/18/25 20:15, Blake McBride wrote: > > > If my Java project has multiple source roots, how can I specify > that in NetBeans? > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists
