Disable JPA Java Change Event Handler

Question

I have been using Eclipse for many years (usually Jboss Developer Studio) and have been plagued by Eclipse often running, or waiting to run JPA Java Change Event Handler

Currently I am working on a project that doesnt use JPA, yet these Event Handler still appears.

I have seen varies other SO and forum posts related to this, but I have not found a solution that works.

I have tried removing Dali and any plugins that show when searching for JPA - but the problem still remains. For example, I have removed the following - but the problem remains:

I am using Eclipse Version: Oxygen.1a Release

Answer 1

Try this (It worked for me):

Windows:

cd eclipse_install_directory

mkdir disabled\features && mkdir disabled\plugins

move plugins\org.eclipse.jpt.* disabled\plugins
move features\org.eclipse.jpt.* disabled\features

Linux:

cd eclipse_install_directory

mkdir -p disabled/features && mkdir -p disabled/plugins

mv plugins/org.eclipse.jpt.* disabled/plugins
mv features/org.eclipse.jpt.* disabled/features

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