java.settings.url preference not working

[carlgmz]

I want to disable globally the warning org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.staticAccessReceiver. For that, I have set the preference in Eclipse, exported the preference file from Eclipse, and set the property java.settings.url to the exported file (I tried both a file:// URL and the absolute path). In both cases, the extension shows the disabled warning in the problems view.

Environment

• Operating System: Arch Linux 5.12.1-arch1-1 on x86_64
• JDK version: 11.0.11
• Visual Studio Code version: 1.56.0
• Java extension version: 0.79.1

settings.prefs.txt

Steps To Reproduce

1. Set the global preferences to the attached file
2. Write Java code accessing a static field through an object instance.

Current Result

The static access warning is reported

Expected Result

The warning is not reported

Additional Informations

If the preference is set in the project's prefs file, it is honored.

[rgrunber]

One case I'm aware of that has issues is modifying java.settings.url through some external tool (eg. some other editor) while VSCode is running. It came down to having trouble responding to changes in external files (hence why project-level files work). For example, eclipse-jdtls/eclipse.jdt.ls#1579 (comment)

Not sure if this that situation, but I've seen such behaviour.

[snjeza]

@carlgmz could you try
settings.prefs.txt

[carlgmz]

Thank you, @snjeza, that worked.

I see the format is plain preferences, instead of the format produced by the Eclipse preference exportation (I was using Eclipse 2021-03). I think the Setting global preferences guide should be updated.

Thank you!

[snjeza]

@carlgmz There is a bug. I'm preparing a fix.