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Cannot disable Language Support for Java in `node_modules`
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Description
Issue description
When I open a react-native project, the Language Support for Java scans all the files inside node_modules and shows an error if they have some invalid syntax. I want to be able to disable running the Language Support scan inside node_modules, since then the problem is emphasised in the Project Explorer tab:
Environment
- Operating System: macOS
- JDK version: 17.0.8
- Visual Studio Code version: 1.81.1
- Java extension version: 1.21.0
Steps To Reproduce
- Create a React-Native project: (i.e.
npx react-native init testProject); - Add a dependency which has some invalid syntax recognized by the extension: (
yarn add @react-native-clipboard/clipboard); - Open the project in VSCode with the extension installed and wait until the error pops up.
Current Result
If you followed the steps above you should get in the error panels a log like:
[{
"resource": "/Users/test/testProject/node_modules/@react-native-clipboard/clipboard/android/.settings/org.eclipse.buildship.core.prefs",
"owner": "_generated_diagnostic_collection_name_#4",
"code": "0",
"severity": 8,
"message": "Invalid Gradle project configuration file: .settings/org.eclipse.buildship.core.prefs",
"source": "Java",
"startLineNumber": 1,
"startColumn": 1,
"endLineNumber": 1,
"endColumn": 1
}]
Expected Result
The extension should not trigger any error in the node_modules folder, since it should be skipped as indicated by the default config java.project.resourceFilters, which is ["node_modules",".git"].
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the diagnostic with the reported React Native project and trace how the java.project.resourceFilters setting handles node_modules. Confirm that the default filters suppress Language Support diagnostics there while Java scanning continues normally outside excluded folders.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- java, react-native, typescript, vscode
- Domain
- developer-experience, tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100