Visual Studio Code, Java Extension, howto add jar to classpath

Question

In Eclipse, I add a jar library using

project -> build path ->configure build path

What is the equivalent in VisualStudioCode? I had a look into launch.json

Answer 1

A terrible solution, but for me it works. (Assuming maven is installed).

Locate your maven repository directory, for me it is:

/Users/username/.m2/repository

Then create the path required following the package name. If you don't know the package name you can rename the .jar to a .zip and extract the content.

Also create a version number, if you don't have one then make one up. Here is a example of a structure that I created for byte-buddy-agent since that does not have a maven snippet.

Having done that you edit pom.xml and add something among the lines of:

  net.bytebuddyagent
  byte-buddy-agent
  1.9.8

Save the file, reload the changes, and you should be good to go. A bunch of files should be created in the directory.