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Eclipse - Project Referencing another Project instead of .jar File

I have a Java project in eclipse:

Project A contains an Ivy dependency on Project B.

Locally, I checked out and made changes to Project B. I then wanted to test the new functionality from Project B in Project A, so I added Project B as a project dependency of Project A by adding it to the Java Build Path (Java Build Path->Projects->Add...).

I no longer wish to have that dependency on Project A, but simply removing it from the Projects Build Path hasn't worked. With that dependency removed, I would expect that any references to the new local code would result in a syntax error, since those changes have not been incorporated into a new artifact for Ivy to pull in.

How can I remove any references to Project B from Project A? I've tried deleting both projects and re-checking them out and that did not work.

Solution

  • The way to resolve this issue is to:

    1. Close Project B in eclipse.
    2. On Project A run Project-Clean
    3. Resolve Ivy dependencies on Project A

    Now the dependencies from Project B should use the Ivy artifact rather than the local changes.