Find methods calls in Eclipse project

Question

I have a class X containing method myMethod    I would like to find locations in all projects in my current workspace where this myMethod   is being called  I cannot use any search functions as there are several classes with myMethod    and it isn t static  Hence I need to know the name of the objects of this  class  which isn t possible without manually exploring the projects   Does Eclipse have a solution for this

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Select mymethod   and press ctrl alt h   To see some detailed Information about any method you can use this by selecting that particular Object or method and right click  you can see the  OpenCallHierarchy   Ctrl Alt H   Like that many tools are there to make your work Easier like  Quick Outline   Ctrl O  to view the Datatypes and methods declared in a particular  java file   To know more about this  refer this eclipse Reference

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Go to the method in X java  and select Open Call Hierarchy from the context menu

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Move the cursor to the method name  Right click and select References   Project or References   Workspace from the pop-up menu

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Right click on method and click on Open call Hierarchy

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select method  gt  right click  gt  References  gt  Workspace Project  your preferred context      or     Ctrl Shift G     This will show you a Search view containing the hierarchy of class and method which using this method

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You can also search for specific methods  For e g  If you want to search for isEmpty   method of the string class you have to got to - Search -  Java -  type java lang String isEmpty   and in the  Search For  option use Method   You can then select the scope that you require

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