redhat-developer / redhat-developer/vscode-java
Maven importer should support custom POM filenames or honor maven.pomfile.globPattern
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Description
Problem
A Maven Java project uses pom-customize.xml instead of pom.xml.
Maven itself works:
mvn -f pom-customize.xml compile
The VS Code Maven extension can be configured to discover it:
{
"maven.pomfile.globPattern": "**/{pom.xml,pom-customize.xml}"
}
But the Java language server does not import the Maven classpath from pom-customize.xml. Java files then show false diagnostics such as:
RestController cannot be resolved to a type
Example import:
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
## Expected behavior
The Java language server should either:
1. Honor maven.pomfile.globPattern, or
2. Provide a Java setting such as java.import.maven.pomfile.globPattern, or
3. Support custom Maven POM file names when Maven for Java has already discovered them.
## Actual behavior
Maven Explorer can discover the custom POM, but JDT LS / Red Hat Java does not import the project classpath unless the build file is named pom.xml.
## Environment
- VS Code
- Extension: redhat.java version 1.55.0
- Extension: vscjava.vscode-maven version 0.45.3
- Java: 21
- Maven project file: pom-customize.xml
- No pom.xml in project root
## Workarounds tried
- maven.pomfile.globPattern
- maven.executable.options: -f pom-customize.xml
- .mvn/maven.config with -f pom-customize.xml
These help Maven commands/explorer, but do not fix Java language server diagnostics.
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First steps
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Reproduce the project in VS Code with only pom-customize.xml and compare Maven Explorer discovery with JDT LS / Red Hat Java classpath import. Start at the Java language server's Maven importer and the maven.pomfile.globPattern behavior; done when the custom POM is imported and the RestController diagnostic disappears.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- java, vscode
- Domain
- build-system, developer-experience, devtools
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100