[rmcvay]

The subject says it all. Ctrl-clicking a Java class like String gives you a “can’t find the source for rt.jar” error. Not exactly a bug I guess so I mentioned it here. (ME 711 Blue)

[Loyal Water]

Noted down. Thank you for your feedback.

[Ton Huisman]

What other IDE has this ‘feature’? Normally you have to agree to a SUN license agreement to be able to download the JDK sources, and what would make ME special to avoid that? Or would we have to agree to another EULA, that nobody reads, during installation.

I don’t see the point, as it would increase the download size with another 60 MB or so, and it already isn’t quite small.

TIA
Ton

[rmcvay]

RAD, maybe NetBeans if they have an all-in-one installer.

Normally you have to shake hands with Sun to get the JDK, too. In my mind Genuitec has already done all the background agreements or they wouldn’t be able to include the JDK in the first place. Hey, what’s a 100 meg between friends anyway. 🙂 It appears the source is there for the JEE stuff, which is usually harder to come by.

[Ton Huisman]

AFAIK, ME only comes with a JRE, not a full JDK, and requires an additional install session to get a fitting JDK for your requirements…

HTH
Ton

[rmcvay]

I’ve assumed the bundled JDK is a full JDK because it has a compiler. Could be a bad assumption on my part.

[Ton Huisman]

It’s using the Eclipse provided compiler (don’t know how that works/happened, just read it somewhere). First thing I do after creating a new project or installing a newer ME-version is to select a proper JDK to be able to compile using Ant, using our standard project-ant files.
Just found that the source for JDK 6 release 13/14 is a whopping 130 MB+, compared to the 50 MB of JDK 5’s sources, sure I wouldn’t want that for an extra download, ‘just for the fun of it’. If I/you really need it, just go out and get it from the original source: java.sun.com, it’s a lot easier to get now then it was about a year ago…

HTH
Ton

[rmcvay]

Thanks for the heads up.

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