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[I do not see a better category for this, feel free to move if you do] It is possible to navigate from DD editor to source. It would be nice to also make it possible to go from a source (servlet class) to the relevant DD entry. Find usages is an option, but simple Go To > Deployment Descriptor would be much faster and (with short cut) easier to use. Similar thing can be done for EJB (maybe also goto home interface, etc.).
The DDEditor enables that. (See the issue 54398) The problem is where to hang the "Go To Deployment Descriptor" action for servlets, filters, listeners ... It can be implemented as a Tool action (Similarly as the "Set Servlet Executution URI" action, but I am afraid of performance (every java class will be investigated to have entries in DD).
BTW: Run file of servlet/main works fine - if there is no DD entry for servlet, dialog "No DD entry for servlet" appears. I think it could work in the same way.
I am closing this request because the find usage provides this feature.