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Bug 343665

Summary:	Importing a .jar file is not available
Product:	[Eclipse Project] JDT	Reporter:	Jonathan Camilleri <camilleri.jon>
Component:	UI	Assignee:	JDT-UI-Inbox <jdt-ui-inbox>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3	CC:	daniel_megert
Version:	3.6.2
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows XP
Whiteboard:

Description Jonathan Camilleri

2011-04-22 15:30:00 EDT

Build Identifier: 

It does not seem possible to import a .jar file within a project.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Right click within Projects
2. Select Import

There seems to be no option to import a .jar file, whilst this has been documented at http://www.eclipse-blog.org/eclipse-ide/exportingimporting-jar-files.html, perhaps for a different version.

Please advise.

Comment 1 Dani Megert

2011-04-25 11:59:14 EDT

You can use File > Import > Archive.

Please use the newsgroups/forum to ask questions before opening a bug report.

Comment 2 Jonathan Camilleri

2011-04-25 15:21:40 EDT

It won't work as expected with .JAR files, however, I found another option after a while, which allowed me to import an external JAR.  Would you consider having "on mouse hover" kind of help because Eclipse includes extensive functionality, and, it is a pity that some of it is not immediately and intuitively available.

Comment 3 Dani Megert

2011-04-26 03:22:51 EDT

>It won't work as expected with .JAR files
Probably depends on what you expect ;-)

What exactly did you try to achieve?

Comment 4 Jonathan Camilleri

2011-04-26 03:33:54 EDT

(In reply to comment #3)
> >It won't work as expected with .JAR files
> Probably depends on what you expect ;-)
> 
> What exactly did you try to achieve?

Just trying to configure Apache Log 4j logging services (http://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/manual.html), and, including the .JAR 
is a good way to start trainng.

Comment 5 Dani Megert

2011-04-26 03:36:07 EDT

In that case there is no need to import the JAR but simply add it the Java build path.

Comment 6 Jonathan Camilleri

2011-04-26 03:41:09 EDT

(In reply to comment #5)
> In that case there is no need to import the JAR but simply add it the Java
> build path.

Noted thanks, I guess you are referring to the Preferences > Java > Build Path >
Classpath Variable option.

Comment 7 Dani Megert

2011-04-26 03:45:15 EDT

(In reply to comment #6)
> (In reply to comment #5)
> > In that case there is no need to import the JAR but simply add it the Java
> > build path.
> 
> Noted thanks, I guess you are referring to the Preferences > Java > Build Path
> >
> Classpath Variable option.

No. You would either use 'Add JARs...' or 'Add External JARs...' on the 'Libraries' tab.