Month: February 2012

There might be more than one Java classes in a Maven project that contains the main() function. To pick up a specific one to run, you can try the following command:

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mvn exec:java -Dexec.mainClass="my_main_class_name"
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In case the memory is not enough, try the following command:

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export MAVEN_OPTS=-Xmx1024m
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where 1024m is the max heap memory

I recently removed a Maven module from my Intellij project. Shortly after, I tried to reimport the same module again, but somehow Intellij stubbornly refuse to show it in the Project panel. Eventually I looked into the MyProject.ipr file and found the module’s pom.xml file appeared in the ignoreFiles list.

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<option name="ignoredFiles">
<set>
<option value="/path/to/my/module/pom.xml" />
</set>
</option>
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After I deleted the specific line with the pom.xml, I was able to reimport the module successfully again.