[FIXED] Why so red? IntelliJ seems to think every declaration/method cannot be found/resolved

Issue

I just installed and re-installed IntelliJ. Every Java file is coming up RED. I checked the JDK; it is at 1.6.##. The maven clean install build worked just fine.

I'm getting the usual highlighted errors. On every declaration:

Cannot resolve symbol SomeEntityBean/Bean

and on every method:

Cannot resolve method SomeFunction()

How do I fix these false errors?

Solution

IntelliJ sometimes gets confused all by itself, even without the external changes Korgen described (though that is a good way to consistently reproduce it).

Click File -> Synchronize, and IntelliJ should see that everything is okay again.

If that doesn't work, IntelliJ's caches might be corrupt (this used to happen a lot more often than it does now); in that case, regenerate them by

Clicking File -> Invalidate Caches and restarting the IDE

(though loading the project will take a while while the caches are recreated).

Answered By - Matt Leidholm
Answer Checked By - Cary Denson (JavaFixing Admin)