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| <h1>Source attachments</h1> |
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| <p>To browse the source of a type contained in library you can attach a source archive or source folder to this library. The editor will then show the source instead of a the decompiled code. |
| Having the source attachment set the debugger can offer source level stepping in this type.</p> |
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| <p>The Source Attachment dialog can be reached in several ways:</p> |
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| <li>Select a JAR in the Package Explorer and choose <b>Properties > Java Source Attachment</b> from the context |
| menu or the <a href="ref-menu-project.htm">Project menu</a></li> |
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| <li>Open the Java Build Path page of a project (<b>Projects > |
| Properties > Java Build Path</b>). On the <b>Libraries</b> page expand the library's node and select the <b>Source |
| attachment</b> attribute and press <b>Edit</b></li> |
| <li><span class="control"></span>Open an editor on a class file. If the |
| source attachment has not already been configured for this JAR, the |
| editor contains a button <span class="control">Attach Source</span></li> |
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| <p>Depending of how a JAR was contributed to the classpath, you can see different types of Source attachment dialogs:</p> |
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| <h2>JAR</h2> |
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| <p>In the <span class="control">Location path</span> field, enter the path of an archive or a folder containing the source. Use either the <b>Workspace</b>, <b>External |
| File</b> or the <b>External Folder</b> button to browse for a location.</p> |
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| <h2>Variable</h2> |
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| <p>In the <span class="control">Location Variable Path</span> field |
| enter a <i>variable path</i> that points to the source attachment's location. |
| A variable path has as first segment a variable (which will resolve to a |
| folder or file), the rest is an optional path extension (e.g.<em>MYVARIABLE/src.jar</em> |
| ). Use either the <span class="control">Variable</span> button to select |
| an existing variable and the <span class="control">Extension</span> |
| button to select the extension path. The <span class="control">Extension</span> |
| button is only enabled when the variable can be extended (resolves to a |
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| <p><var>JRE_SRC</var> is a reserved variable that points to a JRE selected in the <a href="ref-19.htm">Installed JREs preference page</a> (<span |
| class="control">Window > Preferences > Java > Installed JREs</span>). Go to this preference page to configure the source attachment for the JRE's library..</p> |
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| <p><img src="../images/ngrelc.gif" alt="Related concepts" border="0" height="27" width="159"><br> |
| <a href="../concepts/cbuildcp.htm">Build classpath</a></p> |
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| <p><img src="../images/ngrelt.gif" alt="Related tasks" border="0" height="27" width="159"><br> |
| <a href="../tasks/tasks-110.htm">Working with build paths</a><br> |
| <a href="../tasks/tasks-116.htm">Attaching source to variables</a><br> |
| <a href="../tasks/tasks-115.htm">Attaching source to a JAR file</a><br> |
| <a href="../reference/ref-19.htm">Installed JREs preferences</a><br> |
| <a href="../reference/ref-123.htm">Java Build Path properties</a><br> |
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