JEP 413 Javadoc External Code Snippets do not work for JARs

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STR

Given

1. A Java (18+) project with the following classes:

   
   package test;

/**

• Snippet file="test/SomeClass.java":
• {@snippet file="test/SomeClass.java" }

• ---

• Snippet file="SomeClassInDefaultPackage.java":
• {@snippet file="SomeClassInDefaultPackage.java" }

• ---

• Snippet file="./SomeClassInDefaultPackage.java":
• {@snippet file="./SomeClassInDefaultPackage.java" } */ public class Main { }

package test;

public class SomeClass {
    public static void main(String[] args) {

    }
}

public class SomeClassInDefaultPackage {

}

in their corresponding directories (see attached file SnippetTest.zip ). The JavaDoc view for Main.java displays:

2. Export the project to a JAR, sources and binaries together, and

3. Create another project and reference the exported JAR

4. Navigate to the JAR in the package explorer under "Referenced Libraries"

5. Navigate to test/Main.class and click on it

6. Show the JavaDoc view

Expected

See image above.

Actual

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This may be related to https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=464439