Eclipse java debugging: source not found

Question

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

Answer 1

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.