[news.eclipse.tools] Re: Import source from jar file

["Jeff Brown" <jeff_brown@xxxxxxx>]

Alternately, you can change your Project's build source paths in the Project
Properties/Java Build Path/Source/Add Existing Folders... to point to the
appropriate sub-directories that contain the top-level packages.

Jeff.

"Nick Edgar" <nick_edgar@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> David,
>
> The import wizard does not parse the .java files.  This is mainly because
> the Zip import functionality (which also handles Jars), is not
specifically
> tied to the Java support in JDT.  It's a general workbench feature, which
> would be there even if you didn't have JDT installed.  It just imports the
> files with no parsing.
> VAME was smarter because its import was Java-specific.
>
> It would help to have an option in the Zip import for specifying a prefix
to
> ignore; "a" in your case.  I've filed a PR for this.
> This would be similar to how you can specify a prefix when associating a
> source zip with your jar for debugging.
>
> In the mean time, your only recourse is to import it, allowing "a" to be
> created, then move "b" up one level and delete the empty "a".
>
> Nick
>
>