How do I include .class files in my project in Eclipse? (Java)

Question

Hey all. I am working on a project for school where we are given the .class file but not the source to include in our code. I am using Eclipse, and I want to include the fil

Answer 1

Other people have now given better answers. This "answer" was mainly to get information from the OP because the original question didn't really tell us, fully, what had been tried. There are now two answers that truly answer the question in a long-term way.

My original answer is left below for context.

Did you copy it to the bin folder within Eclipse or outside Eclipse? If you did this outside Eclipse then you have to right click on the "bin" folder and select "refresh" for Eclipse to see the new file.

A *.class file in the appropriate folder (depending on its package) under the bin directory should do it.