Description Genady Beryozkin 2004-12-17 14:38:37 EST

I have a little complex scenario in which search for references fails.

I have some source files in a java project. These source files along with 
other files are compiled outside Eclipse (because they use preprocessor) into 
a jar file. The jar file is then added to the project as "external jar file" 
library. Some of the source files in the project depend on (e.g., extend) 
classes that are only found in the jar file.
(This poses a small bootstrapping problem, which requires me to initially 
generate the jar file outside eclipse). This also means that the same class 
appears both as source file and packaged into a jar file.

The problem is as follows:
I have class "jar_only.ExternalClass" that extends "source.MyClass" (that is 
an external class extends my source class)
Another class "source.UtilityClass" calls a final method "coolMethod" on a 
variable of type "jar_only.ExternalClass" while the method is defined 
in "source.MyClass".

When I try to search for all references to this method, no results are 
displayed (i.e, 0 references found). However, when I 
open "source.UtilityClass" and press "F3" on the method invocation, the 
correct file is opened (that is source.MyClass) and the correct method is 
selected.

The behavior is consistent and reproducible.