diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/ChangeLog b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/ChangeLog
index caa29bd0f5c..9d825c0f5a9 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/ChangeLog
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2004-08-15 Chris Wiebe
+
+	make isOnSourceEntry(IPath) public method
+	* model/org/eclipse/cdt/core/model/ISourceRoot.java
+	* model/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/model/SourceRoot.java
+
 2004-08-15 Alain Magloire
 
 	First draft, work in progress.
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/model/org/eclipse/cdt/core/model/ISourceRoot.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/model/org/eclipse/cdt/core/model/ISourceRoot.java
index 1162857bfdc..0cd590d67b1 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/model/org/eclipse/cdt/core/model/ISourceRoot.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/model/org/eclipse/cdt/core/model/ISourceRoot.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 package org.eclipse.cdt.core.model;
 
 import org.eclipse.core.resources.IResource;
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IPath;
 
 /**
  * ISourceRoot
@@ -24,6 +25,12 @@ public interface ISourceRoot extends ICContainer {
 	 */
 	boolean isOnSourceEntry(IResource resource);
 
+	/**
+	 * @param path
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	boolean isOnSourceEntry(IPath path);
+
 	/**
 	 * @param element
 	 * @return
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/model/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/model/SourceRoot.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/model/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/model/SourceRoot.java
index ee5da5334e4..f10f7c05393 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/model/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/model/SourceRoot.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/model/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/model/SourceRoot.java
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ public class SourceRoot extends CContainer implements ISourceRoot {
 		return isOnSourceEntry(path);
 	}
 
-	private boolean isOnSourceEntry(IPath path) {
+	public boolean isOnSourceEntry(IPath path) {
 		if (sourceEntry.getPath().isPrefixOf(path) 
 				&& !CoreModelUtil.isExcluded(path, sourceEntry.fullExclusionPatternChars())) {
 			return true;