Eclipse “this compilation unit is not on the build path of a java project”

Question

I can\'t get autocompletion to work on Eclipse.

I\'m working on the project on svn. I set up project in Eclipse by going into

File -> Import -> Checkout As

Answer 1

What I did to make one of my projects to check out properly is by

1) Import your project from svn

      file-->import-->SVN-Checkout Projects From SVN

2) Find your Project and then in the "Check Out As" dialogue make sure you have the radio button selected "Check out as a project configured using the New Project Wizard"

3) Go through regular steps.

The wizard pulls the project properly and then setups your eclipse....

without using the wizard I find that all hell breaks loose.....

Hope this helps...

Answer 2

You may want to try running eclipse with the -clean startup option - it tries re-building eclipse's metadata of the workspace.

Answer 3

I have this issue from time-to-time and often it's because the project wasn't marked as a java project. You can change this by going to the properties for the project > Project Facets > and selecting java. You may then need to properly configure that project, but this is probably part of the problem

Answer 4

What worked for me was copping the .settings/ directory from another project.

Answer 5

Did you have your .project file in your folders?

I got the same problem. Than i realized that I didn't have the .project file.

Answer 6

For example if there are 4 project and a root project, add the other child projects to build path of root project. If there is not selection of build path, add below codes to .project file.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<projectDescription>
    <name>rootProject</name>
    <comment></comment>
    <projects>
    </projects>
    <buildSpec>
        <buildCommand>
            <name>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javabuilder</name>
            <arguments>
            </arguments>
        </buildCommand>
        <buildCommand>
            <name>org.eclipse.m2e.core.maven2Builder</name>
            <arguments>
            </arguments>
        </buildCommand>
    </buildSpec>
    <natures>
        <nature>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javanature</nature>
        <nature>org.eclipse.m2e.core.maven2Nature</nature>
    </natures>
</projectDescription>