"Source not found" for ParseException.class when debugging

[billelev]

I'm a relative newbie to java and have encountered a "source not found" error when trying to debug the following section of code (for the ParseException. class).

	public PaymentDates (String stlDate, String matDate, int payFreq) throws ParseException {
		this.stlDate = Dates.convertStringToUSDate(stlDate);
		this.matDate = Dates.convertStringToUSDate(matDate);
		this.payFreq = payFreq;
		configure();
	}

If I click on the "Change Attached Source..." button and select the folder containing the 'rt.jar' file it asks for, I get the same message.

The release notes I have for release Eclipse 3.2.2 says the following: "The debugger requires that class files be compiled with debug attributes if it is to be able to display line numbers and local variables. Quite often, class libraries (for example, "rt.jar") are compiled without complete debug attributes, and thus local variables and method arguments for those classes are not visible in the debugger."

but I'm not sure what this means! Can anyone help?!

[JosAH]

If I click on the "Change Attached Source..." button and select the folder containing the 'rt.jar' file it asks for I get the same message.

That's not the directory that contains the source code. The source code is stored
in a file src.zip in the jdk directory (not the jre directory).

kind regards,

Jos

[billelev]

That's not the directory that contains the source code. The source code is stored
in a file src.zip in the jdk directory (not the jre directory).

kind regards,

Jos

Jos...Thanks for that...I realized that I wasn't even running (nor had installed) a JDK. I have now installed a JDK and it is working well.

[JosAH]

Jos...Thanks for that...I realized that I wasn't even running (nor had installed) a JDK. I have now installed a JDK and it is working well.

You're welcome of course; basically you don't need Sun's jdk if you've installed
Eclipse but it comes in handy if/when you want to debug/step through all those
methods.

kind regards,

Jos