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How to attach .java files as source [message #1806159]

Sat, 04 May 2019 10:53

Sebastian Hoffmann

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Registered: May 2019

Junior Member

I can only attach .jar or .zip files, though I have the .java files as source. Do I need to build a .jar file from the .java files or is there another way to attach it directly as .java file?

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Re: How to attach .java files as source [message #1806162 is a reply to message #1806159]

Sat, 04 May 2019 11:41

Ed Merks

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Registered: July 2009

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The Java Source Attachment dialog has choices for "Workspace location" and for "External location" and for the latter, you can use "External File..." to choose a jar or zip, or "External Folder..." to choose folder containing *.java files. Note that you should point at a source root folder, i.e., a folder below which are folders that correspond to Java packages and ultimately the leaves of this tree are *.java files. This way when the source for class a.b.C is looked up, JDT can file a/b/C.java in that folder.

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