Bug 10815

Summary: Error message for "incomplete path" lacks details
Product: [Eclipse Project] JDT Reporter: David Corbin <dcorbin>
Component: CoreAssignee: Kent Johnson <kent_johnson>
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME QA Contact:
Severity: normal    
Priority: P3    
Version: 2.0   
Target Milestone: 2.0 M4   
Hardware: PC   
OS: Windows 2000   
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Description David Corbin CLA 2002-03-05 17:19:46 EST 
When a project is imported that refers to another project or external jar, the
compiler provides the error: 

"The project was not built since its classpath is incomplete. Fix the classpath
then rebuild it." 

The error message should identify the exact project or jar file that is missing.
Comment 1 Erich Gamma CLA 2002-03-07 05:17:05 EST 
Core can't know the JAR file that is missing, but more information about the 
incomplete class path should be given.

Is the class incomplete due an undefined variable? a closed project? a project 
that isn't availabe in the workspace? In all these cases more information 
should be given to the user.
Comment 2 Philipe Mulet CLA 2002-03-07 06:33:26 EST 
There should be other markers logged for each incorrect classpath entry.
Currently they show up as warnings I think.
Comment 3 David Corbin CLA 2002-03-07 06:49:53 EST 
In the 20020214 build (the last place I had it), they were error markers.
Comment 4 Kent Johnson CLA 2002-03-07 11:32:19 EST 
The message was changed a few weeks ago to:

The project was not built since its classpath is incomplete. Can not find the 
class file for p1.p2.X. Fix the classpath then try rebuilding this project

Reopen this PR if this is not sufficient.