Why hasn't the .classpath been updated?

[BABUGANESH-R]

Why hasn't the lib been updated in the .classpath file?

Project Root Path : /home/workspace/sample

settings.json

{
    "java.project.referencedLibraries": {
        "include": [
            "/home/workspace/deployment/**/*.jar"
        ],
        "exclude": []
    },
    "java.configuration.runtimes": [
        {
            "path": "/usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-amd64",
            "default": true,
            "name": "JavaSE-11"
        }
    ],
    "java.project.outputPath": ".bin",
    "java.project.sourcePaths": [
        "src"
    ]
}

.metadata/.log

!ENTRY org.eclipse.jdt.ls.core 1 0 2024-02-22 10:33:47.955
!MESSAGE >> workspace/executeCommand java.project.refreshLib

!ENTRY org.eclipse.jdt.ls.core 1 0 2024-02-22 10:33:48.391
!MESSAGE >> Adding /home/workspace/deployment/WEB-INF/lib/AdvI18n.jar to the classpath

!ENTRY org.eclipse.jdt.ls.core 1 0 2024-02-22 10:33:48.391
!MESSAGE >> Adding /home/workspace/deployment/WEB-INF/lib/tika-core.jar to the classpath

!ENTRY org.eclipse.jdt.ls.core 1 0 2024-02-22 10:33:48.391
!MESSAGE >> Adding /home/workspace/deployment/WEB-INF/lib/maverick-legacy-client-1.7.52-all.jar to the classpath

!ENTRY org.eclipse.jdt.ls.core 1 0 2024-02-22 10:33:48.392
!MESSAGE >> Adding /home/workspace/deployment/WEB-INF/log4jToJULBridge/lib/log4j-jul-bridge.jar to the classpath

.classpath

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<classpath>
        <classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER"/>
        <classpathentry kind="src" path="_/src"/>
        <classpathentry kind="output" path="_/.bin"/>
`</classpath>`

[fbricon]

Your .classpath is ignored, because your folder doesn't have a .project. Given your configuration, you can remove .classpath entirely

[BABUGANESH-R]

The .project file was created by the language server in the .metadata location.

.project

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<projectDescription>
        <name>sample_d99a2544</name>
        <comment></comment>
        <projects>
        </projects>
        <buildSpec>
                <buildCommand>
                        <name>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javabuilder</name>
                        <arguments>
                        </arguments>
                </buildCommand>
        </buildSpec>
        <natures>
                <nature>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javanature</nature>
                <nature>org.eclipse.jdt.ls.unmanagedFolderNature</nature>
        </natures>
        <linkedResources>
                <link>
                        <name>_</name>
                        <type>2</type>
                        <location>/home/workspace/sample/</location>
                </link>
        </linkedResources>
</projectDescription>

[fbricon]

yes, but because your project doesn't provide its own, the language server generates one (and a .classpath) in the metadata folder

[BABUGANESH-R]

When the java.project.refreshLib command is triggered, the update for the lib in .classpath is successful. However, why didn't it update initially? Why hasn't the lib been updated in the .classpath file?

[fbricon]

@snjeza can you please take a look?

[snjeza]

I can't reproduce the issue.
@BABUGANESH-R If you add a lib to /home/workspace/deployment/ while VS Code is running, you have to reload it to update .classpath.