While using annotationProcessor in dependencies of spring boot, getting `Could not find or load main class`

[iranna-m-31]

I have added below dependencies in my spring boot project

implementation("dev.restate:sdk-api:${restateVersion}") annotationProcessor("dev.restate:sdk-api-gen:${restateVersion}")
When my service without debugger java is processing all annotations related to restate, But when i tun the same in using java debugger extension I am getting

`Error: Could not find or load main class {pathToMyMainClass}
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: {pathToMyMainClass}

[github-actions]

Hi @iranna-m-31, 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.

Suggestions

• Make sure your project is fully built (including annotation-processor generated sources) before debugging:

  • Run a full build (e.g. ./gradlew clean build or mvn clean package).
  • In your launch.json, add a preLaunchTask that invokes your build task.

• Verify generated sources are on the classpath:

  • Check that target/generated-sources (Maven) or build/generated/sources/annotationProcessor (Gradle) is included under Java Projects > Referenced Libraries in VS Code.
  • If missing, enable the VS Code Java build server for Gradle by following the guide:
    • New build server for Gradle: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/java/new-build-server-for-gradle/

• Try cleaning the Java language server workspace:

  1. Open the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P).
  2. Run Java: Clean Java Language Server Workspace.

High-confidence reference

• Run Java works fine but Debug Java get ERROR: Could not find or load main class (Gradle)
  • Describes F5 debug failure when Gradle doesn’t rebuild generated code.
  • Recommends using the Gradle build server: Run Java works fine but Debug Java get ERROR: Could not find or load main class  vscode-gradle#1479

Other references with low confidence

• java11 can't debug
  Environment: Spring Boot + Maven + F5 -> main class not found.
  (java11 can't debug redhat-developer/vscode-java#1612)

• Could not find or load main class with Chinese characters
  Debug fails if project path contains non-ASCII chars.
  (Could not find or load main class with Chinese characters #700)

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