Source path in build path libraries not retained

[ffreemarket]

Hi,

When I add a external folder to the build path configuration for Libraries to specify the Source Attachment, the path is not retained after the properties dialog window is closed. This is in the Eclipse workbench
for Jboss Developer Studio 1.0.0 GA. This is quite annoying as you must reenter the path again when debugging code.

Project -> build path configuration -> java build path -> libraries,

open jar -> Source attachment -> external folder.

Curiously enough, the apache tomcat 6 library jars retain the source attachment while all other libraries lose them. Anyone else find this?

Thanks,
Henry

[maxandersen]

I don't follow you completely on what you do here.

could you write down the steps in a jira with what happens and what you expected....maybe use jinq or something similar to show the steps.

[freemarket]

Hi,

Steps to follow:

in project explorer for your typical dynamic web project with jsf 1.2:
right click on project -> build path -> configure build path

in Properties dialog box:
pick Java Build Path
click on Libraries tab

pick a library - eg. SUN-RI (JSF library - user defined)
open library
open jar
click on source attachment
click on edit button
click on external folder and select directory path
click ok to save information

repeat above steps to verify source path to jar still exists.
Lo and behold, it has vanished, source attachment is back to (none).

This behavior exists for all JSF libraries that I have defined, eg.
iBatis, JSTL, richfaces, facelets. I know the source is correct for
when I am debugging a thread and I want to trace into facelets, I supply the directory path when prompted and can follow the thread into this body of code. The only library in which the source attachment does not seem to vanish is in the apache tomcat 6
libraries.

Hopefully that was clearer.

Regards,
Henry

[maxandersen]

you bumped into https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=202177

workaround: use normal user libraries if you want source attachments.

[freemarket]

gotcha. I didn't think to look under eclipse's bugzilla only looked under jboss jira for 3rd party.

I'll try user libs.

Regards,
Henry

[mars1412]

sorry for my newbie question to this thread, but:
I need to attach source code for hibernate3.jar (to debug)
how can I do that?
in as stated above it's not directly possible (and in the Libraries tab of the Java Build Path, the Source attachment of hiberante3.jar is not modifiable)
so how can I attach a source code?

I also cannot remove the hibernate3.jar from the 'All JBoss Libraries' library.
So do I need to remove the complete library and add ALL included .jars to my project manually, just to get the source of one single .jar?

[maxandersen]

For the moment yes....it sucks i now ,(

Alternatively you can just add a single entry for hibernate3.jar and have it duplicated. would not affect anything (unless you use a different version of the jar ,)