redhat-developer / redhat-developer/vscode-java

Annotation processing causes spurious reporting in Problem pane

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Description

Environment
  • Operating System: Ubuntu Focal 20.04.6
  • JDK version: 17.0.7
  • Visual Studio Code version: 1.82.2
  • Extensions:
    • vscjava.vscode-java-pack 0.25.14
    • vscjava.vscode-java-debug 0.54.0
    • redhat.java 1.22.1
    • vscjava.vscode-maven 0.42.0
    • vscjava.vscode-java-dependency 0.23.1
    • vscjava.vscode-java-test 0.39.1
Steps To Reproduce
  1. Unzip the attached project.zip file into an otherwise empty directory
  2. Start code bug.code-workspace
  3. Ensure that a text editor is not open for Foo.java
  4. Click that you trust the author of this workspace (to enable debugging)
  5. Observe that no problems are reported in the Problems pane
  6. Open the file src/test/java/com/example/QuxTest.java from the Explorer pane
  7. Right-click the triangular play icon next to public class QuxTest
  8. Choose Debug Test from the context menu
  9. Notice that a problem appear in the Problems pane for file Foo.java:
    "The method b() is undefined for the type Mumble"
  10. Click on the problem to open file src/main/java/com/example/Foo.java
  11. Notice that the problem disappears by itself as the editor for Foo.java opens
  12. Close the editor for Foo.java
  13. Exit VSCode
  14. Restart VSCode, as in point 1.
  15. Observe that the problem reappears in the Problem pane, this time without opening the debugger.
Current Result:

A problem is reported for the class used in an annotation.

Expected Result:

No problems should be reported.

Additional Informations:

I reckon that this problem is related to annotation processing inserting stubs for the depended-on classes, and then these stubs aren't resolved properly. It started to appear related to the debugger a couple of minor versions ago, but from 1.82.2 it also happens every time the project is loaded, after it has been triggered by the debugger initially.

@testforstephen In microsoft/vscode-java-debug issue #1247 you asked for a minimal example. This looks a lot like it is related, so maybe this could be used?

project.zip

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Research direction

Extract project.zip and follow the numbered VS Code reproduction, comparing Problems-pane diagnostics before and after Debug Test and restart. Use Foo.java and QuxTest.java as the minimal case; done means the annotation-used class no longer produces the “method b() is undefined for the type Mumble” problem in either flow.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java, typescript, vscode
Domain
developer-experience, tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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