FileNotFoundException resource file from external directory maven intellij - maven

Question

I have some problem running SpringBoot application in Intellij. The #SpringBootApplication is located in the child module
└── conf
└── xml
└──beans.xml
└── source
└── core
└── common
└── MainApplication.java --> #SpringBootApplication
└── config
└── pom.xml --> parent
The MainApplication.java have annotation
#ImportResource("classpath:/beans.xml")
#SpringBootApplication
#EnableAutoConfiguration
#ComponentScan(basePackages = {"com.xxx.yyy"})
#EnableCaching
#ImportResource("classpath:/beans.xml")
public class ServiceApplication extends SpringBootServletInitializer implements WebApplicationInitializer // extends SpringBootServletInitializer implements WebApplicationInitializer
{
The "config" module has pom.xml, no java file. It only generate the resources
<artifactId>config</artifactId>
<properties>
<environment>DEV</environment>
<country>ID</country>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
</properties>
<build>
<filters>
<filter>../../build/server.properties</filter>
</filters>
<resources>
<resource>
<directory>../../conf</directory>
<filtering>true</filtering>
<excludes>
<exclude>**/**/log4j2.xml</exclude>
</excludes>
<targetPath>../../../../deploy/conf</targetPath>
</resource>
...
I tried to run configuration on Intellij, but it produce error FileNotFoundException for file beans.xml. This configuration already ran on Eclipse in other teammates. I want to run it on Intellij. I already import config module in Project Structure, and the conf folder already marked as Resource Root. Why its still not work? Or if I have to append change to existing java file or pom, its okay. as long the application can found its way to the resource folder. I dont need to build into war and run it, but I only want to run as SpringBoot application
Thank you. Any help will be appreciated.

Answer 1

i would say this is not a standard java project structure .... not good practice.
Go to File -> Project Structure -> Modules e.g.:
As you can see there u can edit the Paths to the Source, Resource, Test ... folders or add more than on.
perhaps this will help...

Answer 2

First: Remove the leading / from #ImportResource("classpath:/beans.xml").
This should be:
#ImportResource("classpath:beans.xml")
Second: Check that you beans.xml is copied to your project build directory when resources are processed.
The default location for the beans.xml would be target/classes/beans.xml.

Answer 3

Remove the leading / from #ImportResource("classpath:/beans.xml").
It should be like as : #ImportResource("classpath:beans.xml")
Check whether the source file beans.xml has been copied to the build directory or not:Path : /target/classess/beans.xml
If you have not placed the beans.xml in source folder, then provide the actual path or place it inside resource folder