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[PDE] What do "hollow J" icons mean? [message #17704]

Sun, 27 April 2003 15:09

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: bob.objfac.com

I have a plugin project for which:

a) All .java files show with a "hollow J" (white center rather than all
blue)
b) Package Explorer shows hierarchy even though layout is set to flat
c) Cannot be resolved as a dependency by other projects

All other open projects are normal.

What is this? What causes it? How to fix it?

Bob

Re: [PDE] What do "hollow J" icons mean? [message #17717 is a reply to message #17704]

Sun, 27 April 2003 16:03

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: bob.objfac.com

I would still like to know the answers, but...

If anyone else encounters such a thing, I got rid of it by deleting the
project (not the contents), creating a new empy plugin project with the same
name. The wizard is smart enough not to overwrite your existing plugin.xml
file, but not smart enough to compute the classpath. But after doing Update
Classpath... manually, all was well.

Bob (Mr. Voodoo)

"Bob Foster" <bob@objfac.com> wrote in message
news:b8h98v$h9s$1@rogue.oti.com...
> I have a plugin project for which:
>
> a) All .java files show with a "hollow J" (white center rather than all
> blue)
> b) Package Explorer shows hierarchy even though layout is set to flat
> c) Cannot be resolved as a dependency by other projects
>
> All other open projects are normal.
>
> What is this? What causes it? How to fix it?
>
> Bob
>
>

Re: [PDE] What do "hollow J" icons mean? [message #17744 is a reply to message #17704]

Sun, 27 April 2003 16:36

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: erich_gamma.oti.com

Hi Bob,

a "hollow J" indicates that a Java source files is not
on the build class path (see also the icon reference in the JDT doc).
Since it isn't a Java file it is treated as an ordinary resource and
doesn't belong to a package. This explains why you see the hierarchy.

Bottom line your build class path is not correct.

--erich

Bob Foster wrote:
> I have a plugin project for which:
>
> a) All .java files show with a "hollow J" (white center rather than all
> blue)
> b) Package Explorer shows hierarchy even though layout is set to flat

> c) Cannot be resolved as a dependency by other projects
>
> All other open projects are normal.
>
> What is this? What causes it? How to fix it?
>
> Bob
>
>

Re: [PDE] What do "hollow J" icons mean? [message #18493 is a reply to message #17744]

Mon, 28 April 2003 01:04

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: bob.objfac.com

Thanks. I still don't know _how_ the project got in that state. (There was
some project renaming going on.) But once in that state, Update Classpath
sure didn't fix it.

Bob

"Erich Gamma" <erich_gamma@oti.com> wrote in message
news:3EAC3F60.9040609@oti.com...
> Hi Bob,
>
> a "hollow J" indicates that a Java source files is not
> on the build class path (see also the icon reference in the JDT doc).
> Since it isn't a Java file it is treated as an ordinary resource and
> doesn't belong to a package. This explains why you see the hierarchy.
>
> Bottom line your build class path is not correct.
>
> --erich
>
> Bob Foster wrote:
> > I have a plugin project for which:
> >
> > a) All .java files show with a "hollow J" (white center rather than all
> > blue)
> > b) Package Explorer shows hierarchy even though layout is set to flat
>
>
> > c) Cannot be resolved as a dependency by other projects
> >
> > All other open projects are normal.
> >
> > What is this? What causes it? How to fix it?
> >
> > Bob
> >
> >
>

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