An external java library is treated as "package only containing non Java resources" (as indicated by the white icons as opposed to brown; the description in quotes is taken from here). When I try to import the library it cannot be resolved, so it seems it really isn't being recognised (in other words it's not just a case of eclipse showing wrong icon).
Two people have commented that my screenshots are not helping, so let me explain the intention behind them. The first one above is to show the difference between how my libraries are displayed. Htmlparser is a folder with .java files just like SPMF and works fine. Commons-lang and vecmath are .jars. SPMF cannot be resolved when I try to import it. The reason the screenshot is cropped this way is to highlight that all of the folders in SPMF are showing white which apparently means they are not recognized.
This is only the second time I'm using an external library, but I think I did everything the same as the first time.
This screenshot is intended to show how SPMF is added at the moment.
The library I am trying to add is SPMF - more specifically the Hierarchical Clustering algorithm. This is only a minor component of SPMF but it's the best Hierarchical Clustering solution I could find. It works fine if I just import it into a new project. So I could just bodge it by moving my code into that project if I can't get it going otherwise.
I presume that if a package can form a standalone project then it can also be used as an external library - or am I wrong?
I'm sure it's a stupid mistake I'm making but I've had no luck with google. This is the nearest I could find; Refresh seems the only applicable solution and it doesn't help.
Edit, SPMF is also available as a jar, it's missing some features but not the ones I need. I've been able to add the jar and the import the algorithm I need. It's enough of a workaround for me to move on and keep going. But it's not a solution and the question remains open.
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So I made a package, lets call it dev.example.project for example purposes. all my other packages extended off of that one, with names like dev.example.project.handler or dev.example.project.assets. But I decided to go back and change the dev.example.project package's name to something else, like dev.betterexample.project.
I thought it would be a simple matter of renaming all the other packages and import statements so no errors would happen, but right after i changed the name, all the packages in my project turned white and became inaccessible. I changed the name back to what it originally was, but when i opened Eclipse again, some packages and files were simply not there.
I spent a lot of time on this project, someone help?
Depending how exactly you did that renaming, various things could have gone wrong.
Remember: you can always go in and work outside of eclipse. Close it, open a file explorer and create directories that use the names you want to use. Then move files manually to their target directories. If you want to, open them in another text editor and fix the package lines. When you now open eclipse, do a refresh and full rebuild. Things should be fine then.
That is probably not the most elegant solution, but it always works. And more importantly, you are in full control of everything that happens!
And for the record: the real answer to avoid catastrophic loss of code is to use a source code management system such as git. And to then push your changes constantly out to that "backup" facility.
OK I give up. I've been trying to do this for the past two hours I googled how to add external source to eclipse, how to import, how to add to build path etc. and I must say there is absolutely nothing that clearly states how do you do this.
I want to add a directory with some Java classes. I downloaded it from github. It has a package some.package.name in its header.
I tried drag and dropping it to my project, adding it via build paths, using the import button. I tried changing the package names.
I always get this "RED X" icon next to the folder names ( these folder names are called like the package string in the headers ). This isn't even annotated so I do not know what am I even doing wrong. Why doesn't eclipse accept these sources? They are already in the project tree I do not understand this.
Can somebody actually tell me how you are supposed to do this? And why is this so complicated? Why would people create a IDE with I suppose a million lines of code and then make it be so hard to do the simplest thing?
Sorry for the rant but I am seriously starting to hate Java.
I just discovered that my NetBeans suddenly stops importing classes that are found in the Java API but can still import classes from my external libraries. Take a look at the image below:
As you can see, List and ArrayList are classes from the java.util package but the usual suggestions for importing them are not shown here, instead it is asking me to create class. I know that I can type import java.util.List; on the top of the code but life was better before! Please I need help thanks.
I had the same problem a couple minutes ago... Terrible. The same problem has been reported here:
Bug 235712
The solution which I've found there was sufficient - simply delete the Netbeans cache...
In order to do this, go to Help ==> About . Then go to the directory with cache and delete all you find in the "index" catalog.
After restarting the NB, everything was cool.
Today I came across the same problem. It happens that it actually is very easy to exclude a class from code completion if you click in the wrong place while working.
To solve it (netbeans 8.2) go to
Tools - Options -> Editor tab
Then select Code Completion Tab
In the drop Down select JAVA (in my case it was Java)
You will find a box bellow titled Package/Classes
In the EXCLUDE tab you probably will find the packages marked to be excluded from code completion. Just remove the ones you want back.
Check under Preferences->Editor->Code Completion to make sure auto complete is on, though by your screen shot I assume that it is.
Also try Preferences->Editor->Formatting and set your Language to Java
In my case, NetBeans was refusing to suggest Scanner. As it turned out, all I had to do was remove java.util.Scanner from Options » Editor » Code Completion » Packages/classes: » Exclude. Then the autocompletion for Scanner returned.
What is it and how do I get around it?
Also, I want to use this code in my Java screen recorder, but I want to provide a vector of images as I click the screenshots rather than reading it frm a folder. I would like help with that, too.
for berry120:
In terms of the "access restriction" error, it seems to be a similar issue to this one - as in you may be trying to replace a Java library class with one from a jar file (in your case JMF.jar.)
Have a look at this question: Access restriction on class due to restriction on required library rt.jar?
The second answer down (one with 250+ upvotes) is the one that may work in your case - remove and re-add the JRE system library.
I just started using eclipse for some personal projects and am finding the transition from IntelliJ (what I use at work) kind of annoying. I hope it's kosher to ask a few different questions in the same thread. Here goes:
1) How do I get "views" (I'm not sure if this is the term. I mean windows such as Project Explorer, Servers, Console, etc) to stay expanded and on top even after I've clicked back on the editor or another view. I'm pretty sure that right now all of these tabs are "quick views" that I have minimized and then docked, so I may not be doing this right to begin with. In IntelliJ, I would simply just pin the tab.
2) How can I open a file (for instance, an ant build.xml) without having to make it part of an eclipse project? I want the syntax highlighting and Ctrl-click ability that the IDE will give me (not to mention being able to use eclipse's built-in ant), but I don't need to associate the file with any others and so don't see the point of having to make it a part of a project.
3) Is it just me (wouldn't be surprised) or does eclipse have a bug with parsing empty html tags within the body of html tags of the same type. I've only tested this in a JSP, and it doesn't happen with JSF tags. For example: <div id="foo"><div id="bar"/></div>. Eclipse will give a warning saying the first div tag has no end tag. This is with the most recent version of eclipse for Java EE, no plugins have been installed.
4) Finally, a general question: Any best practices or resources to look at for organizing the eclipse interface and perspectives/views? What about workspaces/projects? Is there some tutorial out there that would be really informative that I could read through in less than an hour?
I appreciate any answers and tips/tricks.
First of all, please acknowledge that there are different people in the world and there are people who don't work the "Eclipse way". Even if I was paid for it (and I am), I couldn't work with IDEA. So if Eclipse rubs you the wrong way, it may not be for you. That out of the way, your answers:
In Eclipse, you open a view and let it stay where it is. In IDEA, the view changes all the time, things pop up and go away. Eclipse is static unless you specifically move things around. There are two ways to move things: You can minimize a part (a part is something which contains tabbed views). This moves the part into the closest border. Or you can maximize the current part (Ctrl-M). This pushes all other parts out of the way. Another Ctrl-M will restore the view.
This is a good place to show the difference between IDEA and Eclipse. IDEA tries to anticipate what you're doing and to be helpful. For me, this means it always gets in my way. It will start to format source as I type, things move, etc. That freaks me out. Eclipse is like a toolbox. Everything is there but you have to pick it up. A toolbox doesn't move on its own accord and it doesn't try to be smart.
Eclipse is based on the idea of a workspace. The workspace is the universe and nothing outside exists. If you need to go outside, you must first create a file or folder. In the "New File/Folder" wizard, you can open the advanced options (at the bottom) and link this resource to a real file/folder in the file system. May sound like a lot of effort but it allows Eclipse to display virtually anything in the explorer since it just shows "resources" in there, not actually files.
Smells like a bug. Please report it at https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/
I'm not aware of anything.
[EDIT] 3. As cletus pointed out, is not valid HTML. So that might cause the warning.
An Eclipse Perspective is a collection Views and their position. You can customize or create new perspectives, but the existing ones are good enough for a start (Java, J2EE, Java Browsing etc.). I recommend to stick with the default layout for a while until you've managed to use the quick view feature (which, personally, i find quite annoying). On small screens, i simply like to use Ctrl-M to switch the Editor to fullscreen mode and back, without the need of minimizing single views or move them around.
Yes, you can run external build scripts as well and it's called External Tool in Eclipse. Go to Run > External Tools > External Tools Configurations. Create either a new Ant-based config or a native executable (Program). The location of the build script or executable can either be workspace-relative (Browse Workspace) or absolute on the file system (Browse File System)