[NETBEANS-5442] Adding folder of Jar files to classpath has no effect.

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 8.2, 9.0, 12.0
• Component/s: java - Classpath

Environment

Windows 7 and Windows 10. Other platforms untested.

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Nick Anthony
• Created: 12/Mar/21 19:09
• Updated: 22/Mar/21 01:55

Description

In "project properties -> Libraries -> Compile" if I add a folder to the classpath rather than adding every .jar file individually the .jar files in the directory don't actually end up on the classpath.

 

Everything looks fine in the "Project Properties" window. The folder shows up and it can be expanded to show all the contents of the folder. But in the code editor none of the dependencies are found. If I try to compile or debug it fails since the dependencies aren't found.

 

I tried making some edits to the path in the project's "project.properties" files but didn't have any success.

 

Additional Details:

This occurs on "Java with Ant" projects.

 

Dependency added as a folder:

 

ImageJ is not found:

 

Dependency .JAR file added individually:

No problem:

 

The `project.properties` file when adding a dependency folder rather than each JAR file individually looks like this:

```

file.reference.Release-x64=C:\\Users\\nicke\\Documents\\git\\micro-manager\\stage\\Release
x64
includes=**
jar.compress=false
javac.classpath=\
${file.reference.Release-x64}

```

Which seems fine to me but doesn't actually work.