How do you export a Maven project in Eclipse?

1 year ago
Emily Johnson
1 minute

To export a Maven project as an Eclipse project, you can follow these steps:

  1. Open the command line tool (such as CMD, PowerShell, etc.) in the root directory of the project.
  2. Type the following command in the command line to convert the project to an Eclipse project:
  3. Generate an Eclipse project using Maven.
  4. This will generate some files needed for an Eclipse project.
  5. Open the Eclipse IDE.
  6. Select “File” from the Eclipse menu, then choose “Import”.
  7. In the import dialog, expand the “General” folder, select “Existing Projects into Workspace” and click “Next”.
  8. Click on the “Browse” button in the “Select root directory” section, and choose the root directory of the Maven project.
  9. In the “Projects” list, select the project you want to import and make sure to check the “Copy projects into workspace” checkbox.
  10. Click on the “Finish” button to complete the import.

At this point, the Maven project will be imported as an Eclipse project and can be edited and built within Eclipse.

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