Get source jar files attached to Eclipse for Maven-managed dependencies

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Thilo picture Thilo · Nov 22, 2008 · Viewed 154.6k times · Source

I am using Maven (and the Maven Eclipse Integration) to manage the dependencies for my Java projects in Eclipse. The automatic download feature for JAR files from the Maven repositories is a real time saver. Unfortunately, it does not include API documentation and source code.

How can I set up Maven to automatically also get the source and javadoc attachments and register them properly with Eclipse?

Answer

mrembisz picture mrembisz · May 31, 2009

I am sure m2eclipse Maven plugin for Eclipse - the other way around - can do that. You can configure it to download both the source files and javadoc automatically for you.

This is achieved by going into Window > Preferences > Maven and checking the "Download Artifact Sources" and "Download Artifact JavaDoc" options.

Screenshot of Maven Preferences

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