Question

I am developing a plugin that requires retrieval of path/filename of java files.

The code that I have written, successfully retrieves the filenames/path of the xml or manifest files, but is unable to retrieve the path of the Java files in the packages.

The code I have used is :-

if (selection instanceof IStructuredSelection)

    {
        Object o = ((IStructuredSelection) selection).getFirstElement();
        if (o instanceof IFile) 
        {
            IPath loc = ((IFile) o).getLocation();
            if (loc != null) 
            {
                    selectedFile = loc.toOSString();

            }
            else
                selectedFile = "Error at loc";
        }
        else
            selectedFile = "Error at O";
    }

Answer 1

THANKS GUYZ, I WAS ABLE TO FIGURE IT OUT WITH YOUR HELP

THE SOLUTION IS –

Object o = ((IStructuredSelection) selection).getFirstElement();

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IPath loc = ((ICompilationUnit) o).getPath();

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selectedFile = loc.toOSString();

With this, you will be able to get the path of the java file that u selected. and also, this shows the pathname starting from the project name, can someone tell how to get the entire physical pathname, with the drives and such as well..??