Automatically add module information to launch config

[tobiasdiez]

When using a gradle project which is modularized, the launch configuration needs to include proper add-modules arguments for each dependency in order for the compilation to work. These should be automatically added by vscode-java.

Environment

• Operating System: Win 10
• JDK version: 14
• Visual Studio Code version: 1.47
• Java extension version: 0.27.1 (debugger)

Steps To Reproduce

1. Open modularized project that uses gradle
2. Create default "Launch" config
3. Try to run the project

Sample project: JabRef

Current Result

Errors because dependency modules are not found.

Expected Result

Automatically add add-modules statements to the java compiler so that dependencies are found.

Additional Informations

In addition, it would be good if the configuration of org.beryx.jlink is automatically recognized and the right add-opens and add-exports cmd args are added:
https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/blob/00a4fb2136a573e1c6c34fc7b5c779b2d88d9636/build.gradle#L387-L423

[github-actions]

Hi @tobiasdiez, I'm an AI Support assistant here to help with your issue. While the team reviews your request, I wanted to provide some possible tips and documentation that might help you in the meantime.

The requested feature is already tracked here:

• Automatically add module information to launch config redhat-developer/vscode-java#1552 (Automatically add module information to launch config)

No built-in solution exists yet; you can follow and comment on that issue for updates.

Other references with low confidence

• New File → (module|package)-info.java should be handled properly
  Issue about correctly scaffolding module-info.java files, not launch configs.
  New File -> (module|package)-info.java should be handled properly redhat-developer/vscode-java#1405

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