Can not add additional classpath

[demanLiu]

[provide a description of the issue]

Environment

• Operating System: wsl (Arch)
• JDK version: 1.8
• Visual Studio Code version: 1.85.1
• Java extension version: v1.25.1
• Java Debugger extension version: v0.55.0

Steps To Reproduce

1. my launch.json
   {
   "type": "java",
   "name": "Application",
   "request": "launch",
   "mainClass": "Application",
   "projectName": "roc-domestic-web",
   "shortenCommandLine": "auto",
   "classPaths": [
   "$Auto",
   "~/workspace/domestic-shopping/roc-domestic-common/target/classes/",
   ],
   }

2. launch command line
   /usr/bin/env /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk/jre/bin/java -agentlib:jdwp=transport=dt_socket,server=n,suspend=y,address=localhost:41833 -cp /tmp/cp_aiaqxn8lxgly17gkhnct4os82.jar Application

Current Result

classpath can't have the classpath that I added

Expected Result

can append my customized classpath

[testforstephen]

Can you replace "~" with the absolute path?

[demanLiu]

no , I had tried it , absolute path is the same issue

[demanLiu]

I know the reason , the classpath is written to MANIFEST.MF when ShortenCommandLine = 'jarmanifest', but I want to add additional classpath alone, like '-cp /tmp/cp_aiaqxn8lxgly17gkhnct4os82.jar;. xxx/', is it supported now?

[testforstephen]

I want to add additional classpath alone, like '-cp /tmp/cp_aiaqxn8lxgly17gkhnct4os82.jar;. xxx/', is it supported now

Unfortunately, this feature is not supported. When the shortenCommandLine configuration is enabled, it will generate the complete classpath into a temporary file.

If you don't want it to be added to the tmp .jar, you can turn off the shortenCommandLine setting.

[demanLiu]

If I turn off the shortenCommandLine setting, command line is to long , it can not run

[testforstephen]

Could you please clarify why the default behavior, where the additional classpath is generated into the temporary .jar file, is not suitable for your needs?

[demanLiu]

Actually, I hope shortenCommonLine can support classpath file , like idea ,

because we have to read resource file in our project, if classpath is a jar, my project could not unzip it