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# VS Code Language Server for Spring Boot Application Properties
VSCode extension and Language Server providing support for working with Spring Boot apps in Java.
## Installation:
Currently this plugin is not distributed via vscode marketplace. You can only install
it from a .vsix file. You can download it here:
TODO: add link
To install it:
- open vscode.
- press `CTRL-SHIFT-P` and search for VSIX
- select `Extension: Install from VSIX`
## Usage:
The extension will automatically activate when you edit files with the following
name patterns:
- `*.java` => activates support for Java files
# Developer notes
## Bulding and Running
This project consists of three pieces:
- a vscode-extension which is a language-server client implemented in TypeScript.
- commons-vscode: a local npm module with some utilities implemented in TypeScript.
- a language server implemented in Java.
To build all these pieces you normally only need to run:
npm install
**However, the first time you build** it might fail trying to
find the `commons-vscode` module on npm central. Once we publish a stable
version of that module on npm central that will no longer be a problem.
Until that time, you can work around this by doing a one time manual
run of the `preinstall` script prior to running `npm install`:
./scripts/preinstall.sh
npm install
Now you can open the client-app in vscode. From the root of this project.
code .
To launch the language server in a vscode runtime, press F5.
## Debugging
To debug the language server, open `lib/Main.ts` and edit to set the
`DEBUG` option to `true`. When you laucnh the app next by pressing
`F5` it will launch with debug options being passed to the JVM.
You can then connect a 'Remote Java' Eclipse debugger on port 8000.
## Packaging as a vscode extension
First make sure the stuff is all built locally:
./scripts/preinstall.sh # only needed if this is the first build.
npm install
Then package it:
npm run vsce-package
This produces a `.vsix` file which you can install directly into vscode.