How can I find the callers of a method?

Question

Usually to find the callers of a method in Eclipse I use ctrl-alt-h on the method. If nothing comes up, it is a callback from some other library. I'm pretty certain this method is not a callback and I'm pretty certain it's being called from somewhere. How can I find out if nothing shows up with a ctrl-alt-h?

Answer 1

You can put the cursor on the method name and press Ctrl-Shift-G (default key combination).

This will open a search in the project to look for references to your method.

Edit

On frameworks using declarative markup (Spring, Android, etc.) you might actually need to use a more manual approach: the file search.

• Copy or highlight your method name
• Press Ctrl-H (default binding) and select File search (you can assign a custom key binding for that but no custom is provided)
• Fill the containing text with your method name if not automatically filled
• Optionally, select "case sensitive", or your file pattern if any
• Then select your scope (the project should be a good place to start)