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Using Eclipse 2.1 integration build from 5/28. If you replace a jar file in the file system and then refresh that file from the navigator, changes in the jar file are not reflected in the package explorer or build path until Eclipse is closed and restarted. Steps to reproduce: 1. Open a project that includes a jar on the build path, let's call it jarfile.jar. 2. In the file system, I was using Windows Explorer, replace jarfile.jar with a new version, same name, but modified contents, e.g., add a package, class, or method in an existing class. 3. Open the java perspective and the package explorer. 4. Navigate to jarfile.jar Notice that the changes in jarfile.jar are not visible.
External files are not monitored by Eclipse. In the package view, JDT explicitly checks referenced external files using the refresh action (in package view uniquely). Does this latter work for you ? Refresh shouldn't be so much context sensitive...
Closing, please reopen if package view refresh doesn't work for you.
