Eclipse source out of sync with file system

Question

I inherited a java project and don\'t have much experience with Eclipse. In the package explorer I can see the outline of the project with all the classes but when I try to

Answer 1

You can have Eclipse do that automatically for you.

Using the latest version, go to Window -> Preferences.

Select General -> Workspace and from there make sure the first and second option are checked:

• Build automatically
• Refresh using native hooks or polling

This is very useful especially if you use Dropbox or something similar (wuala etc) :)