Eclipse – How to attach JDK source code

This article shows you how to attach the JDK source code in Eclipse IDE.

In Eclipse, select Windows -> Preferences -> Java -> Installed JREs , expands rt.jar, select “Source attachment” and find the src.zip from your disk drive.

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P.S JDK source code is inside the src.zip.

Note
You may interest at this article – where to download JDK source code.

References

  1. Oracle JavaSE download link
  2. download the JDK source code

8 comments on “Eclipse – How to attach JDK source code

  1. Please write a pots for java8 on this topic. I am not able to do this with java8 even after going through lot of post

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  2. Thank you very much, i was struggling to attach source file. i spent approx 2 hours to attach source file. once again thank you very much

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  3. Me salvás siempre!!!
    Sos una masa, chinito!!!

    Thanks for helping me!

    🙂

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  4. I didn’t find the source code for JDK 1.8. I find only javafx-src.zip, which doesn’t have the entire set.

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  5. Worked good. I had to move my src.zip file from users > nathan > program files > java > jdk7 > bin > src.zip to workspace > my project. I didn’t even have to refresh the file list (selecting src.zip file to attach prompt).

    Thank you so much!

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