When I run my JUnit tests in IntelliJ and one of them fails, I would like to jump to the source code of the failing test by double-clicking it (or by right-clicking it and selecting "Jump to source" or "Show source") in the results view (in the list of failed tests in the "Run" view). However, this feature doesn't always work correctly. Sometimes the source code is shown and sometimes only the compiled ".class" file of the test is shown to me in the editor window.
I would always like to see the source code (".java" file) instead of the ".class" file in the editor window after double-clicking the failed test.
One solution for it is to click "Attach Sources..." in the editor window, where the ".class" file of the test class is displayed. However, I have to do it for every test file and it takes much time to do it repeatedly for every test. In my opinion IntelliJ should find the source code automatically, because it's present in my Project (it's my own class and its source code is in the project and I run this test from the Project view, where the classes with source code are visible). How can I configure IntelliJ, so that it finds the source code automatically for every unit test which I run?
The ".class" files which are shown instead of the ".java" files are contained in a jar file which is built by Maven.
You should be able to go to the External Libraries in your Project view (File > Project Structure), find the jar that contains the .class file, and right click (or F4). You will see Open Library Settings. From that dialog, you can attach a src folder to the library.
I'm using IntelliJ IDEA 2019.3 ultimate edition and faced this issue, debugger would jump to decompiled .class files
On the top right corner once your debugger jumps to .class file
you will see an option to 'choose sources', choose the directory which has your .java file. Worked for me atleast.
I had a similar issue. In my case it was due to incorrect Module configuration. Basically you must ensure that the source folder containing the java files is added to Sources tab in corresponding module.
To do this Go to Project Structure (Ctrl + Alt + Shift + S) and select Modules. Choose corresponding module and verify that the source folder containing the java files is correctly added to the Sources Folders. If it is not then add it.
I got this issue today. The solution for me was to right click on main pom.xml, then maven, then reimport.
I Had a similar issue. The issue was still there even after pointing to the correct source folder but I got rid of it by setting the classes folder to the source code's root folder.
Add a solution to JAVA Maven project.
Open 'Libraries' from 'Project settings', search and select the Java jar you want to attach source file. Then you can add source directory by click the '+' button.
I Had a similar issue. The solution for me was to close project, delete .idea folder than re open the project.
While debugging a java app in eclipse I receive a "Source not found" error in two cases:
Stepping in to a file in a different project which is already imported
Stepping in to a file in an installed maven repository
The files are there, but eclipse won't step into them, instead it shows a button to "attach source"
I tried attaching (which opened a dialog to define a variable?!) and eclipse did jump to the file, but the debugger could not inspect any variables there. Also manually attaching the source for each dependency isn't practical, as in my case there are thousands of dependency files.
Why is this happening, and how can it be resolved?
Just 3 steps to configuration Eclipse IDE:
Note: After updating the Source Lookup paths, you'll have to stop and restart your debug session. Otherwise, the file with the missing source will continue to show "missing source".
Edit Source Lookup
Select the Edit Source Lookup... command [ Edit Source Lookup ] to open the Source Path Dialog, which allows you to make changes to the source lookup path of the selected debug target.
IMPORTANT Restart Eclipse after this last step.
Eclipse debugging works with the class actually loaded by the program.
The symptoms you describe sounds like the class in question was not found in the project, but in a distribution jar without debug info found before the project you are working with.
This can happen for several reasons but have a look at the location where the classes showing this behaviour is found (look in the navigation pane to identify it). You will most likely need to change the build path of the project to avoid using this jar and have the JVM use the project instead.
EDIT: Note that as of 2018 it is common to use a build framework like Maven, where the build path is managed by the m2e plugin so this problem should be very less frequent than when the question was asked. If you use Maven and m2e, make sure to enable Preferences / Maven / "Download Artifact Sources" or right-click the project, Maven / "Download Sources".
The symptoms perfectly describes the case when the found class doesn't have associated (or assigned) source.
You can associate the sources for JDK classes in Preferences > Java > Installed JRE. If JRE (not JDK) is detected as default JRE to be used, then your JDK classes won't have attached sources. Note that, not all of the JDK classes have provided sources, some of them are distributed in binary form only.
Classes from project's build path, added manually requires that you manually attach the associated source. The source can reside in a zip or jar file, in the workspace or in the filesystem. Eclipse will scan the zip, so your sources doesn't have to be in the root of the archive file, for example.
Classes, from dependencies coming from another plugins (maven, PDE, etc.). In this case, it is up to the plugin how the source will be provided.
PDE will require that each plugin have corresponding XXX.source bundle, which contains the source of the plugin. More information can be found here and here.
m2eclipse can fetch sources and javadocs for Maven dependencies if they are available. This feature should be enabled m2eclipse preferences (the option was named something like "Download source and javadocs".
For other plugins, you'll need to consult their documentation
Classes, which are loaded from your project are automatically matched with the sources from the project.
But what if Eclipse still suggest that you attach source, even if I correctly set my classes and their sources:
This almost always means that Eclipse is finding the class from different place than you expect. Inspect your source lookup path to see where it might get the wrong class. Update the path accordingly to your findings.
Eclipse doesn't find anything at all, when breakpoint is hit:
This happens, when you are source lookup path doesn't contain the class, which is currently loaded in the runtime. Even if the class is in the workspace, it can be invisible to the launch configuration, because Eclipse follows the source lookup path strictly and attaches only the dependencies of the project, which is currently debugged.
An exception is the debugging bundles in PDE. In this case, because the runtime is composed from multiple projects, which doesn't have to declare dependencies on one another, Eclipse will automatically find the class in the workspace, even if it is not available in the source lookup path.
I cannot see the variables when I hit a breakpoint or it just opens the source, but doesn't select the breakpoint line:
This means that in the runtime, either the JVM or the classes themselves doesn't have the necessary debug information. Each time classes are compiled, debug information can be attached. To reduce the storage space of the classes, sometimes this information is omitted, which makes debugging such code a pain. Your only chance is to try and recompile with debug enabled.
Eclipse source viewer shows different lines than those that are actually executed:
It sometimes can show that empty space is executed as well. This means that your sources doesn't match your runtime version of the classes. Even if you think that this is not possible, it is, so make sure you setup the correct sources. Or your runtime match your latest changes, depending on what are you trying to do.
From http://www.coderanch.com/t/587493/vc/Debugging-Eclipse-Source
"When running in debug mode, right click on the running thread (in threads tab) and select Edit Source Lookup. At this point, you should be able to add the necessary project/jar which contains your source code."
I added my current project in this way, and it solved my problem
I had similar problem with my eclipse maven project. I fought with this issue quite a long time then I tried to rebuild project with
mvn clean eclipse:eclipse
and it helped.
Note: Using this approach will confuse the m2e plugin since the two approaches are very different. m2e adds a virtual node to your project called "Maven Dependencies" and asks Maven to add all dependencies there.
mvn eclipse:eclipse, on the other hand, will create a lot of individual entries in the file .classpath. Eclipse will handle them as if you manually added JARs to your project.
Unless you know how the classpath in Eclipse works, this approach is not recommended.
I was facing the same issue,I followed the bellow steps.
Window => Preferences => Java => Installed JREs,
You see in the above screen Jre1.8.0_12 is selected.
select the JRE you are using and click Edit. Now You should see the bellow screen.
Click on the directory, browse for Jdk, It should look like bellow screen.
click ok, and its done
I had the problem that my Eclipse was not debugging the source code of my project. I was getting a blank page with "Source code node found".
Please click the Attach source code button. Then delete the "default" folder then click add and go to your project location and attach. This worked for me
Remove the existing Debug Configuration and create a new one. That should resolve the problem.
None of the mentioned answer worked for me.
To resolve this issue i have to follow bellow steps:
Right click on Java HotSpot(TM) 64 Bit server.
Select "Edit Source Lookup".
Click on "Add".
Select "File System Directory" instead of Java project.
Select Root directory of your project.
Check "Search Subfolders".
Click Ok ok ok.
Thanks.
Click -> Edit Source Lookup Path
after then
Click -> Add finally select Java project and select project path.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGIKPY6q1Qw
In my case, even after Editing source lookup and Adding project, it didn't worked. I configured the Build path of the project.
After that, I selected JRE System Library and it worked.
Evidently, Eclipse does not automatically know where the source code for the dependent jars are. It is not clear why debugger could not inspect variables once the source was attached. One possibility is incorrect/incompatible source.
Assuming you have a maven project and the sources of the dependencies are downloaded and available in the local repository, you may want to install m2eclipse, the maven eclipse plugin and see if that helps in addressing your issue.
You might have source code of a dependency accessible to Eclipse. But Eclipse does not know for source code for code that is dynamically loaded. E.g. through Maven.
In case of Maven, I recommend that you use run-jetty-run plugin:
http://code.google.com/p/run-jetty-run/
As a workaround you can also connect to a running JVM with the debugger and you will see the code.
Alternatively you can use Dynamic Source Lookup plugin for Eclipse from here:
https://github.com/ifedorenko/com.ifedorenko.m2e.sourcelookup
Unfortunately it didn't helped me as it has issues with Windows paths with spaces.
I have filled an enhancement request on Eclipse Bugzilla and if you agree this issue "Source not found" should vanish forever, please vote for it here:
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=384065
Thanks!
Sasa
In my case in "Attach Source", I added the other maven project directory in the "Source Attachment Configuration" panel. Adding the latest version jar from the m2 repository din't work. All the classes from the other maven project failed to open.
Here test was my other maven project containing all the java sources.
I had the very same problem. In my case, I've disabled Window-Preferences-Java-Debug [Suspend execution on uncaught exceptions]. Then, the console showed me the correct error: my MySql user hadn't privileges to access the database. According to this topic.
Info: This is a possible solution, when you use maven (pom.xml) with couple of projects.
If you are working with maven, make sure what version you are taking inside the according pom.xml (e. g. 1.0.1-SNAPSHOT ).
It might be possible that your code is up-to-date, but your pom.xml dependencies are still taking the old JAR's/Snapshots (with the old code).
Finding the problem:
Try to debug the according file.
Therefore, set a breakpoint in the relevant code area.
When "source not found" appears, make sure to bind in the right project (where the .java file can be found).
The compile .class file opens up in the IDE editor.
Click "Link with Editor" to find the according JAR/Snapshot.
Now make sure that this JAR is the most recent one. Possibly there is a newer one. In that case, write the most recent version number in the pom.xml.
Then do a maven update and build (e. g. "mvn clean install -U") in the right project directory.
If you are on eclipse or STS please install and Use GC(GrepCode Plugin) ,some time you don't need to attach the source .zip file into your project path so GrepCode works fine for you.
I've had a related issue in connection with Glassfish server debugging in Eclipse.
This was brought about by loading the source code from a different repository (changing from SVN to GitHub). In the process, the wrong compiled classes were used by the Glassfish server and hence, the source and run time would be out of sync with break points appearing on empty lines.
To solve this, rename or delete the top folder of the classes directory and Glassfish will recreate the whole class directory tree including updating the class files with the correctly compiled version.
The classes directory is located in: /workspace/glassfish3122eclipsedefaultdomain/eclipseApps/< your Web Application>/WEB-INF/classes
In my case with tomcat projects I have checked project here:
Window - Preferences - Tomcat - Source Path - Add java projects to source path
In my case the Maven version of the other referenced project didn't match the version of the test project. Once they were the same, the problem disappeared.
When running in debug mode, click Edit Source Lookup after suspended from thread. At this point, we should be able to add the necessary project/jar which contains your source code.
After I added my current project in this way, and it solved my problem. Thanks
If you want to attach source code to any JAR by auto-downloading, try using this Eclipse plugin Java Source Attacher
I had this problem while working on java code to do process on a excel file containing a data set, then convert it to .csv file, i tried answers to this post, but they did not work.
the problem was the jar files themselves. after downloading needed jar files one by one(older releases) and add them to my project, "source not found" error vanished.
maybe you can check your jar files.
hope this would help.
this worked for me
right click on project -> Properties -> Deployment Assembly -> add your jar
Go to Debug configuration in eclipse and use below goal to run your application.
-Dmaven.surefire.debug
e.g
-Dmaven.surefire.debug exec:java
Well, here's what worked for me. I tried every possible solution on StackOverflow that there was. I tried changing my source location in the debug menu, I installed the m2e Eclipse plugin, I changed from embedded Maven, and I installed the run-jetty-run and nothing worked. Now, I will caveat that I was not trying to view an external person's source code, I just wanted to see my OWN code, but every time I "stepped in" to my methods that I wrote that were in MY project, I got the "Source now found" error.
After finally asking an expert, my issue was that the first thing Eclipse was doing was calling a ClassLoader, which you can see from the debug stack. All I had to do was F6 (step over) and then it took me back to my original call and then F5 (step in). And there was my code. Sigh...such a simple fix but an hour wasted.
For beginners,
There is a possibility that the jar file is a part of the project which you have not yet included in the Eclipse workspace.
For that, you need to know the project name of the jar file.
Say for example, its abc-18.0.0-SNAPSHOT.jar, it means that the project you are supposed to include in your workspace is abc.
I had the same issue with eclipse 2019-03 (4.11.0) and I was only able to solve this by doing the debugging via remote debugging instead of directly launching it in debug mode.
Attach source -> Add -> External Archive -> select the jar -> open -> done
the catch is look for the sources jar and attach this jar.
for example the jar ends with "-sources" Stax2-api-3.4.1-sources
sometimes these thing happens because of the version also like if you are using latest
version in that case it may arise try to use older version it will work.
I am having this annoying problem which takes 10-20 seconds and sometimes more every time my android project is refreshed or rebuilt.
I searched for android forums and also in stackoverflow and but solutions does not make sense. Please give me the solution or link to it.
My android project depends on two external java libs and android libs. Tell me if you need more info.
Earlier I asked this question and it solved the problem by removing 'source attachment'. But I believe it is not a good solution because I need source to be attached with jar. It helps while debugging, code browsing. If source is not attached then, your breakpoint stops there and you can't go in readable source.
Better Solution Needed. Is there a launcher option? which disables when app launched. or build options?
Instead of attaching a source folder to the .jar file, you should zip the source folder and attach the zipped file to the .jar.
See this answer for more info https://stackoverflow.com/a/9699242/637754
The reason for this is that you have attached source with your dependent jars. Just the remove the source from the class path. This how it can be done.
Right click on the project -> Select Build Path -> Configure Build Path.. -> Select Libraries
Select the Source attachment and Remove button will highlight. Press Remove and OK.
I think that should fix your issue.
this helped me so you can try too:
Go to your Workspace root/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.jdt.core/ and remove .org.eclipse.jdt.core.external.folders folder
it contains .project file with links to external folders which takes too long to refresh
You can disable "Refresh on access" option in Window->Preferences->General->Workspace - it have no effect as I think, because even it's turned on you must manually refresh projects if you modify them outside of Eclipse
If anything else fails (my case), install a fresh copy of Eclipse Juno
Go to Help-Install Software, and add this repo:
https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/
Check all options and install.
For migration reasons I was trying to install Eclipse on MAC OS Yosemite, since Android Studio is now the official IDE, it is hard to find Eclipse setups with the ADT plugin included. I tried several versions of Eclipse, and JUNO did the work.
I'm getting a NullPointerException in a Class from a 3rd party library. Now I'd like to debug the whole thing and I would need to know from which object the class is held. But it seems to me that I cannot set a breakpoint in a Class from a 3rd party.
Does anyone know a way out of my trouble? Of course I'm using Eclipse as my IDE.
Update: the library is open-source.
You can easily set method breakpoints in 3rd party libraries without having the source. Just open the class (you'll get the "i-have-no-source" view). Open the outline, right-click on the method you want and click on Toggle Method Breakpoint to create the method breakpoint.
The most sure-fire way to do this (and end up with something that's actually useful) is to download the source (you say that it is open-source), and set up another "Java Project" pointing at that source.
To do that, get the source downloaded and unzipped somewhere on your system. Click "File"->"New"->"Java Project". In the next dialog, give it a project name and select "Create Project from Existing Source". Browse to the root location of the open source library.
Supposing that all the additional libraries that are required by the project and such are included in the project you downloaded, Eclipse will figure everything out and set the build path up for you.
You'll need to remove the open source jar from your project's build path, and add this new project to the build path of your project.
Now, you can just treat this as your code, and debug at will.
This gets around at least a couple of problems with other approaches:
You could "attach source" to the jar file, but if the jar file was compiled without debug information, this still won't work. If the jar file was compiled with debug information (lines,source,vars...see http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/tooldocs/win32/javac.html, and the -g option).
You could add an "exception breakpoint" to see when the NullPointerException is raised, but that's a common exception, and may well get raised and dealt with many (hundreds of?) times prior to the one you're looking for. Plus, without the original source, you won't be able to really see much of anything about the code that is throwing the NullPointerException - the likelihood you'll be able to figure out what's wrong is pretty low.
You can also set breakpoints on specific exceptions. From the Debug perspective, there's a button "Add Java Exception Breakpoint", and there you can add "NullPointerException". Your debugger will then suspend execution as soon as such an exception is raised.
Normally, you should be able to set a break point. Especially if the 3rd party library is open source. But if your 3rd party lib is from a commercial vendor, they may have compiled the source with the debug flag turned off. This will make it impossible for you to debug into it. Your vendor might have done this as part of an obfuscation process to make it impossible to reverse engineer the library, or just simply because the final compiled classes will be smaller.
To make this work with a maven materialized web app, I had to do three things.
1) Create a new eclipse project with the source code of the 3rd party jar.
2) Remove the reference to the jar from pom.xml dependencies.
3) Add the new eclipse project to Deployment Assembly in the project properties.
4) Add the new eclipse project to project Properties -> Java Build Path -> Projects of the existing project that references the 3rd party project.
If the 3rd project has been added to your maven repository correctly, with sources, maven will automagically download the appropriate source code and let you add breakpoints without you having to do any of the steps above; however, I have learnt that you can't always count on this.
Just attach the source (or use something that automatically attaches the source jar) and then set a breakpoint in the normal way, by double-clicking to the left of the line of interest.
In maven projects, easily you can open maven dependencies tree view in project explorer view and see a list of jar files that your project depends on.
Open project explorer and then expand your project.
Then, look for maven dependencies and expand this tree view.
Now, you can expand any jar file and see list of available classes and by pressing enter on any of them, Eclipse will decompile the source for you and you can set a breakpoint.
If your project has sub maven module projects, you should look for dependencies in your modules.
I recommend to install Enhance class decompiler plugin, So you can easily debug your project without source code or you can specify source for eclipse to avoid source not found while debugging.If the third party jar file's source is already open as project in eclipse, You can not expand it in Maven dependencies section.