Sources should also be automatically downloaded when the class file for a maven dependency is opened.
2011/10/13 Rafał Krzewski <[email protected]> > When things work correctly, m2e downloads the attached sources from remote > repository and configures Eclipse classpath so that you can browse the > sources for the class. Now, for that to work the sources must be available > in the repository! If you are trying to fetch sources for something in Maven > Central and it's not working, go to http://search.maven.org, find the > module and check if sources.jar download is available for the requested > groupId / artifactId / version. > If you are trying to fetch sources for artifacts you have deployed to your > corporate repository, you need to generate the sources artifact with > maven-source-plugin and deploy them alongside your binary artifact. > > Cheers, > Rafał > > > On 10/13/2011 08:25 PM, Steve Cohen wrote: > >> I invoke this option on a Jar listed under Maven Dependencies. Most of >> the time, nothing happens. No visible cues whatever that anything is >> occurring. Once, I did see the Downloading Source status message, for >> several seconds, but it gave me no message, and the source was nowhere to be >> found in my local repository, nor did the class for which I wanted to view >> the source display that source. >> >> How would I use this option? >> ______________________________**_________________ >> m2e-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://dev.eclipse.org/**mailman/listinfo/m2e-users<https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/m2e-users> >> > > ______________________________**_________________ > m2e-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://dev.eclipse.org/**mailman/listinfo/m2e-users<https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/m2e-users> >
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