i am getting one error in pom file this is the error when i am running pom file only. It is showing error on 6th line of the pom file. On
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
[INFO] Scanning for projects…
[ERROR] [ERROR] Some problems were encountered while processing the POMs:
[ERROR] Invalid packaging for parent POM com.example:chatpage:0.0.1-SNAPSHOT, must be “pom” but is “jar” @ com.example:chatpage:0.0.1-SNAPSHOT
[ERROR] Invalid packaging for parent POM com.example:chatpage:0.0.1-SNAPSHOT, must be “pom” but is “jar” @ org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-parent:3.2.5
[FATAL] The parents form a cycle: com.example:mynewfiledemo1:0.0.1-SNAPSHOT -> org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-dependencies:3.2.5 -> org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-parent:3.2.5 -> org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-dependencies:3.2.5 @ org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-parent:3.2.5
@
[ERROR] The build could not read 1 project -> [Help 1]
[ERROR]
[ERROR] The project com.example:mynewfiledemo1:0.0.1-SNAPSHOT (C:UsersBhagyashree MeenaDownloadschatdemopom.xml) has 3 errors
[ERROR] Invalid packaging for parent POM com.example:chatpage:0.0.1-SNAPSHOT, must be “pom” but is “jar” @ com.example:chatpage:0.0.1-SNAPSHOT
[ERROR] Invalid packaging for parent POM com.example:chatpage:0.0.1-SNAPSHOT, must be “pom” but is “jar” @ org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-parent:3.2.5
[ERROR] The parents form a cycle: com.example:mynewfiledemo1:0.0.1-SNAPSHOT -> org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-dependencies:3.2.5 -> org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-parent:3.2.5 -> org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-dependencies:3.2.5 @ org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-parent:3.2.5
[ERROR]
[ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch.
[ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.
[ERROR]
[ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles:
[ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/ProjectBuildingException
this is my pom file code
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<parent>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
<version>3.2.5</version>
<relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
</parent>
<groupId>com.example</groupId>
<artifactId>mynewfiledemo1</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<name>mynewfiledemo1</name>
<description>Demo project for Spring Boot</description>
<properties>
<java.version>17</java.version>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
why i am getting this error.
i have also tried to make a new project but it is also showing this error in newly created project. i this i am doing some mistake in spring intializr.
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