Questions tagged [spring-tool-suite]

Spring Tool Suite (STS) provides the best Eclipse-powered development environment for building Spring-powered enterprise applications. STS supplies tools for all of the latest enterprise Java and Spring, and comes on top of the latest Eclipse releases.

The Spring Tool Suite™ (STS) provides the best Eclipse-powered development environment for building Spring-powered enterprise applications. STS supplies tools for all of the latest enterprise Java and Spring, and comes on top of the latest Eclipse releases.

Included with STS is the developer edition of Pivotal tc Server, the drop-in replacement for Apache Tomcat that’s optimized for Spring. With its Spring Insight console, tc Server Developer Edition provides a graphical real-time view of application performance metrics that lets developers identify and diagnose problems from their desktops.

STS supports application targeting to local, virtual and cloud-based servers. It is freely available for development and internal business operations use with no time limits.

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@SpringBootApplication cannot be resolved to a type In STS

I am very new to STS. I searched for this error in stackoverflow. I didn't find correct matching answer. I am able to see the class in MavenDependencies seciton in STS but not able to add the annotation in my java class. Your help will be…
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Spring plugin in Eclipse cannot open pom.xml

I've installed the most popular plugin in Eclipse (Spring Tools 4.14.1) and i tried to create a new project and open the pom.xml and then it shows error and comes like Failed to create the part's controls The error shows like this. Why does this…
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Spring tool suite- SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target

I am working on STS and while creating a new spring-boot project, it shows following error: SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target since it access https://start.spring.io as a service URL. I am…
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Project in Spring Tool Suite report "Unable to load annotation processor factory"

My project in Spring Tool Suite report Unable to "load annotation processor factory 'org.springframework.boot.configurationprocessor.ConfigurationMetadataAnnotationProcessor' for project XXX", My project runs fine, but I do not want to see this…
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Could not find tools.jar in the active JRE - Spring Tools Suite

I know there are multiple topics about that, but none of it is about Spring Tools Suite. And i'm finding informations that this file no longer exists in newer Java versions, which seems to be true, since i cannot find it. I'm absolutely lost now.
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How to enable gradle syntax highligting in Eclipse?

I installed STS plugin which include a Gradle IDE, but it seems not helping much. ADD 1 The effect with Buildship Gradle Integration's Gradle Build Script Editor:
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Cannot perform operation. Computing alternate solutions, may take a while STS?

I would like to ask what does this error mean when adding a new Available Software Site and installing new software in Eclipse/STS (Spring Tool Suite) using Install New Software? I am experiencing this problem with the Spring Tool Suite Nightly…
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How to set 'File Search' as the default dialog when pressing CTRL + H in Eclipse or STS?

The Search mode seems to be selected to other but 'File Search', depending on the active perpective (debug/Java), when I press CTRL+H keyboard shortcut in Eclipse/STS, which forces me to, point to 'File Search', using my mouse etc, instead of…
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Spring Tool Suite IDE not highlighting JSP files

I have to create a Spring Boot WEB app but the JSP pages are show as plain text without any highlight or marker. How to configure STS to show JSP files as Eclipse do? Using STS 4.0.0.M12.
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Changing the git branch on eclipse

This is the first time I do this. I imported a git project in eclipse. Then I used the shell to create another branch and checkout to the new branch. Is refreshing the imported project in Eclipse enough to tell Eclipse that we are working on the new…
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Is there a difference between Run As: Spring Boot App and Run As: Java Application?

If I am using Spring Tool Suite or The Spring IDE plugin for eclipse, I can run a spring boot app 2 ways: Run As: Spring Boot App Java Application Both of these commands work and can fire up my spring boot app without an issue. However, I…
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SDKMAN! does not work with Eclipse.app or SpringToolSuite4.app (on Mac)

This is a similar issue to: Eclipse can't find jdk installed with sdkman I am still facing the issue on Mac (macos-mojave) Both of my /usr/bin/java /usr/bin/javac are pointing…
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Eclipse throws NullPointerException during Maven update

I've been fighting an internal Eclipse error for two days. I'm running the latest Spring Tool Suite edition of Eclipse, and I've attempting to import a collection of existing Maven projects. Whenever I do so, Eclipse throws a NullPointerException,…
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How to stop looping process "Send Classpath Notification" on STS

I Use STS 4.3.1 RELEASE in Window 10 Home. When I use auto-complication in java or jsp file, it suddenly work slowly. ( My STS Min/Max memory 3000M) In progress tab, "Send Classpath Notifications" process has stated and soon be increased a lot. Then…
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Unable to connect mysql to spring boot project

i am following this https://spring.io/guides/gs/accessing-data-mysql/ guide to connect mysql db to spring boot project but getting following error when running the application, i am generating spring starter project and only selecting web, mysql and…
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