Java Project Structure.md

Java Project Structure

project-name/
├── .idea/
├── lib/
├── src/
│ ├── main/
│ │ ├── java/
│ │ │ ├── com/
│ │ │ │ ├── example/
│ │ │ │ │ └── Main.java
│ │ └── resources/
│ └── test/
│ │ ├── java/
│ │ │ │ ├── test/
│ │ │ │ │ ├── com/
│ │ │ │ │ │ ├── example/
│ │ │ │ │ │ │ └── MainTest.java
│ │ └── resources/
├── target/
├── pom.xml
├── README.md
└── .gitignore

The .idea/ directory contains the project's configuration files for IntelliJ IDEA, which is an IDE for Java projects.

The lib/ directory contains the project's dependencies, which are external libraries that the project depends on.

The src/ directory contains the source code of the project. It is typically divided into two subdirectories: main/ and test/.

• The main/ directory contains the main code of the project, which is divided into java/ and resources/.

  • The java/ directory contains the Java source code organized into packages.
  • The resources/ directory contains any non-Java resources that are required by the application, such as configuration files, property files, and images.

• The test/ directory contains the unit tests for the project, organized into java/ and resources/.

  • The java/ directory contains the Java source code for the unit tests, organized into packages.
  • The resources/ directory contains any non-Java resources that are required by the unit tests, such as configuration files, property files, and images.

  The test/ directory is typically only present in projects that use a unit testing framework, such as JUnit.

The target/ directory contains the compiled code, as well as any generated artifacts, such as JAR files.

The pom.xml file is the project's configuration file for Maven, which is a popular build tool for Java projects.

The README.md file is a text file that provides information about the project, such as how to build and run it.

The .gitignore file is a file that tells Git which files and directories to ignore when committing changes to the project's repository.