microsoft / microsoft/vscode-java-debug
Extension incorrectly runs cached `.class` file from another class of same name with no `package`
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Description
Bug report
Suppose there is a file structure:
folder1/
Main.java
folder2/
Main.java
// folder1/Main.java
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("Main 1");
}
}
// folder2/Main.java
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("Main 2");
}
}
No package statements; the projects are not connected at all.
When folder1/Main.java is run first, it gives the correct output Main 1.
But if folder2/Main.java is then run, it gives the wrong output of Main 1 instead of Main 2; the first built file is run instead.
folder1/Main.java 'shadows' folder2/Main.java, since the class name is the same and there are no package statements.
Another file structure that causes this is ./Main.java, ./folder/Main.java
This bug is inconvenient when multiple different, unrelated Java projects are in the same workspace.
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Research direction
Reproduce the issue by running folder1/Main.java and then folder2/Main.java, including the ./Main.java and ./folder/Main.java layout. Trace how the extension selects cached compiled classes; done means each unrelated Main.java runs its own output, including after the other file has already been run.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- java, typescript, vscode
- Domain
- developer-experience, devtools
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100