How to supply source jars from flatDir for eclipse debugging

[Lance (uklance)]

Don’t use flatDir!! Instead, use the Maven repository directory layout for your jars, sources jars, javadoc jars and poms. You can then configure a local directory as a maven repository in Gradle and your IDE will automatically find the javadocs and sources.

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How to use sources / javadoc of local compile dependency in Eclipse / Buildship

I’d say the easiest option would be to store your files in a maven-like folder hierarchy $PATH/xxx/yyy/lib/1.0/lib-1.0.jar $PATH/xxx/yyy/lib/1.0/lib-1.0-javadoc.jar $PATH/xxx/yyy/lib/1.0/lib-1.0-sources.jar $PATH/xxx/yyy/lib/1.0/lib-1.0.pom (not required but maven can generate this for you) Then include it via repositories { maven { url uri("$PATH") } } dependencies { compile 'xxx.yyy:lib:1.0' } If you want to script this process you might want to invoke the maven command line …