How to attach the source to the jar in the Gradle Eclipse Project when the source attachment is not modifiable?

Question

There is a similar question ( How do I attach source code into a project's library in Eclipse? ).

However, in my case the jar has the description non modifiable and the option Edit is not possible. What to do in this case?

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Answer 1

For homegrown projects the solution is to create a source jar for the library that you use. This can be done by adding to build.gradle

task sourceJar(type: Jar, dependsOn: classes) {
    classifier 'sources'
    from sourceSets.main.allSource
}

And then add to publications:

artifact sourceJar

Publish the jars to the local Maven repository, then the source will be attached in Eclipse while referring this library.