Eclipse: The project was not built due to error

eclipse sts-springsourcetoolsuite
Robert picture Robert · Nov 26, 2012 · Viewed 16.2k times · Source

I get this error message whenever I create new Spring MVC projects in Eclipse STS.

The project was not built due to "Error deleting resource '/ProjectName/target/classes/log4j.xml' from the workspace tree." Fix the problem, then try refreshing this project and building it since it may be inconsistent.

Why is this happening? I haven't changed anything and the file located at classes\log4j.xmlexist on the file system. When I try to import the files, Eclipse tells me that I can't because the source is already existing in the project (even though it's telling me it has been deleted).

Answer

Vaishak Suresh picture Vaishak Suresh · Nov 26, 2012

This may be because the file/folder is locked and eclipse could not delete it. Try re-starting Eclipse. If that doesn't work, manually delete the files. Since it is in classes folder, it will get re-created when you build.

If all else fails, try restarting the machine.

Related questions

Maven2: Missing artifact but jars are in place

From now to then, my Maven 2 started to mess around. I am using SPring STS 2.6.1 and have a single project based on Spring 3, Hibernate, DWR, Cometd and all that stuff. Today I just updated from Git und all of a …

Read More
Why is SpringSource Tool Suite (STS) so slow? And how can I fix it?

I've been running STS 2.3.2 on a MacBook Pro for a few days now. I'm finding the performance to be significantly slower than any other build of Eclipse I've used. For example, switching from one tab to another can take up …

Read More
SpringSource Tool Suite Change Themes

When I became aware of Sublime, I noticed the benefits of dark themes to your workspace. But since Sublime doesn't have support for Grails at the moment, I search for ways to theme STS or SpringSource Tool Suite and I …

Read More