[greg]

Same problem with the latest MyEclipse build; old java files aren’t being recompiled after modification and new java classes aren’t being compiled and added to the web app; seems to have suddenly started (yes, I’ve made sure that the ‘perform build automatically on resource modification’ is checked).
Any help appreciated, this has stopped me dead in my tracks on a mission critical app.

[Scott Anderson]

I’m sorry to hear you’re experiencing a problem. I’m splitting off a separate support case to address it.

old java files aren’t being recompiled after modification and new java classes aren’t being compiled and added to the web app;

The compilation of Java files, old or new, is handled by Eclipse itself not by MyEclipse. The MyEclipse deployer only copies changes to the deployment location; it doesn’t do anything to affect the compilation of Java files one way or the other.

If you do a manual ‘Rebuild Project’, do all the java files get compiled? Are the class files copied appropriately to the deployment location? Can you post answers to all the questions we ask in the ‘Posting Guidelines’ thread please?

–Scott
MyEclipse Support

[mdichi]

I have seen a similar thing occur. In my case, however, the problem seems to have been that the source directory was forgotten (or lost). For example, I keep my java classes in a “src” directory (not the default “Java Source”) directory. This worked fine, but one day it stopped working. It took me a while (most of a day) to determine that the java files were not compiling nor deployed because the source directory had mysteriously been switched back to “Java Source”.

Mike

[Scott Anderson]

Mike,

Very good point. I’ve also had Eclipse “forget” my source directory when I’ve been adding things to my build path. Seems to happen most often with plugin projects, but I’ve seen it with Java projects too. Thanks for the insight, as I’d completely forgotten about this. 🙂

–Scott
MyEclipse Support

[Richard Eberhardt]

Check for any errors in the build path (Project…Properties…Java Build Path).

If there are any problems there (missing jar files, etc.) Eclipse will not perform its automatic re-compilation each time the source files change.

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