Maven "Download Sources" is not available for a jar in Eclipse?

Question

I am using Maven2.2.1 in my environment, I am facing an issue, for few jars under maven dependencies directory if you right click on a jar-->maven-->Download Source(is not coming), other jars are not having this issue: i am able to see download sources in the menu. Any idea about this...pls help me?

Thanks, Sundar

Answer 1

A) download sources is only available when you right-click the project, not a jar.

B) not every artifact has sources. View the Maven Console inside the Console View (Window > Show View > Console) to see which don't.

Answer 2

It will depend on whether the sources are available in the Maven repository. If there are no source JARs available then no source will be downloaded.