eclipse.jdt.ls VS LSP

Compare eclipse.jdt.ls vs LSP and see what are their differences.

LSP

Client implementation of the Language Server Protocol for Sublime Text (by sublimelsp)
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eclipse.jdt.ls LSP
30 20
1,649 1,593
3.3% 1.3%
9.3 8.9
3 days ago 4 days ago
Java Python
Eclipse Public License 2.0 MIT License
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eclipse.jdt.ls

Posts with mentions or reviews of eclipse.jdt.ls. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-08.
  • 2.5 Million Java Developers on Visual Studio Code. Microsoft and Red Hat shares Joint Roadmap for Next 6 Months Together
    1 project | /r/java | 11 Dec 2023
    Thanks Eclipse : https://github.com/eclipse-jdtls/eclipse.jdt.ls
  • How to use nvim-jdtls for Java and nvim-lspconfig for everything else?
    2 projects | /r/neovim | 8 Apr 2023
    I installed eclipse jdtls which worked for Java, but I was not able to go to definitions for methods/classes outside of my project (ie, libraries and such, something like in IntelliJ where you can go to the definition or implementation for the library code), so I thought it may be a limitation of nvim-lspconfig
  • jdtls spams messages in LazyVim
    1 project | /r/neovim | 20 Feb 2023
    return { { "neovim/nvim-lspconfig", dependencies = { "mfussenegger/nvim-jdtls", init = function() require("lazyvim.util").on_attach(function(_, buffer) -- stylua: ignore vim.keymap.set( "n", "di", "lua require'jdtls'.organize_imports()", { buffer = buffer, desc = "Organize Imports" } ) vim.keymap.set( "n", "dt", "lua require'jdtls'.test_class()", { buffer = buffer, desc = "Test Class" } ) vim.keymap.set( "n", "dn", "lua require'jdtls'.test_nearest_method()", { buffer = buffer, desc = "Test Nearest Method" } ) vim.keymap.set( "v", "de", "lua require('jdtls').extract_variable(true)", { buffer = buffer, desc = "Extract Variable" } ) vim.keymap.set( "n", "de", "lua require('jdtls').extract_variable()", { buffer = buffer, desc = "Extract Variable" } ) vim.keymap.set( "v", "dm", "lua require('jdtls').extract_method(true)", { buffer = buffer, desc = "Extract Method" } ) vim.keymap.set( "n", "cf", "lua vim.lsp.buf.formatting()", { buffer = buffer, desc = "Format" } ) end) end, }, ---@class PluginLspOpts opts = { ---@type lspconfig.options servers = {}, -- you can do any additional lsp server setup here -- return true if you don't want this server to be setup with lspconfig ---@type table setup = { -- example to setup with typescript.nvim jdtls = function(_, opts) local project_name = vim.fn.fnamemodify(vim.fn.getcwd(), ":p:h:t") -- vim.lsp.set_log_level('DEBUG') local workspace_dir = "/home/jake/.workspace/" .. project_name -- See `:help vim.lsp.start_client` for an overview of the supported `config` options. local config = { -- The command that starts the language server -- See: https://github.com/eclipse/eclipse.jdt.ls#running-from-the-command-line cmd = { "java", -- or '/path/to/java17_or_newer/bin/java' "-javaagent:/home/jake/.local/share/java/lombok.jar", -- '-Xbootclasspath/a:/home/jake/.local/share/java/lombok.jar', "-Declipse.application=org.eclipse.jdt.ls.core.id1", "-Dosgi.bundles.defaultStartLevel=4", "-Declipse.product=org.eclipse.jdt.ls.core.product", "-Dlog.protocol=true", "-Dlog.level=ALL", -- '-noverify', "-Xms1g", "--add-modules=ALL-SYSTEM", "--add-opens", "java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED", "--add-opens", "java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED", "-jar", vim.fn.glob("/usr/share/java/jdtls/plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_*.jar"), "-configuration", "/usr/share/java/jdtls/config_linux", "-data", workspace_dir, }, root_dir = require("jdtls.setup").find_root({ ".git", "mvnw", "gradlew" settings = { java = {}, }, } require("jdtls").start_or_attach(config) return true end, -- Specify * to use this function as a fallback for any server -- ["*"] = function(server, opts) end, }, }, }, }
  • Minecraft modding without the use of intellij
    1 project | /r/feedthebeast | 10 Feb 2023
    You can absolutely just use Gradle on the command line, and use a language server to get code intelligence in pretty much any editor you like. IntelliJ is very nice, especially for refactoring, but it doesn't have a giant advantage over any other editor, as long as you're sticking to mostly Java.
  • Where does the dislike/hate for Java come from?
    4 projects | /r/java | 31 Jan 2023
    Try neovim. Builtin support for language servers which provide the basis for IDE functionality, autocomplete, auto import, code actions, refactoring, etc. I believe VSCode uses jdtls on the backend and you can use the same thing with neovim.
  • java 19 in latest eclipse IDE
    3 projects | /r/java | 7 Dec 2022
    Is seems like valid manual to start language server here https://github.com/eclipse/eclipse.jdt.ls. Not sure what you mean by "starting it with other editors" though. It should be covered by editor own integration with the given LS.
  • Is VIM a trap?
    3 projects | /r/cscareerquestions | 10 Oct 2022
  • (Discussion) Which IDE is best for Java
    1 project | /r/java | 9 Oct 2022
  • What do you tells VSCode and Jetbrains naysayers
    1 project | /r/emacs | 7 Oct 2022
    But all of the above to say that Emacs can have the ability to some of if not more than VSCode. As others have said, the Jetbrains IDEs are a different story. They're built to actually understand the code you're writing. It's quite possible, with features like auto-insert and skeletons, to replicate some of the functionality that, say, IntelliJ does. For example, say you find-file into a new file for some Java project. When you first enter the buffer, you could setup a prompt to create a class, enum, interface etc. and then upon a selection, you have the basic relevant code for whatever the selection was made auto-inserted. Or you could just quit the prompt with C-g. Granted that takes some time to set up as well as recreating other smaller features that IntelliJ has. JDTLS can do some of this, but at the end of the day it's not a replacement for IntelliJ and I don't think JDTLS intends to be such.
  • Picnic loves Error Prone: producing high-quality and consistent Java code
    2 projects | /r/java | 6 Oct 2022
    Just the other day I tested VS Code Java again and apparently the Red Hat team that did the Java language support has gotten some level of null analysis turned on now. Thus I assume the Eclipse LSP https://github.com/eclipse/eclipse.jdt.ls has that support now.

LSP

Posts with mentions or reviews of LSP. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-02-21.
  • A decent VS Code and Ruby on Rails setup
    8 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 21 Feb 2024
    I saw no mention of RBS+Steep, the latter providing a LSP. I use it a lot and very much like it, although it's still young and needs love, but it's making good, steady progress! I've been very pleasantly surprised by some of the crazy things Steep can catch, completely statically!

    You appear to be working on projects with Sorbet (which I tried to like but found it fell short in practice, notably outside of the app use case i.e it's mostly useless for gems) so it may be a tall order to try on those. Maybe you can give RBS+Steep a shot on some small project?

    RBS: https://github.com/ruby/rbs

    RBS collection (for those gems that don't ship RBS signatures in `sig`, integrates with bundler): https://github.com/ruby/gem_rbs_collection

    Steep: https://github.com/soutaro/steep

    VS Code: https://github.com/soutaro/steep-vscode

    Sublime Text: https://github.com/sublimelsp/LSP

    Vim (I'm working on it): https://github.com/dense-analysis/ale/pull/4671

  • Laravel code-quality tools
    16 projects | dev.to | 8 Feb 2024
    Psalm - support for Psalm can be added via the LSP plugin. More information about it can be found in Psalm's documentation.
  • Sublime Text is awesome
    1 project | /r/SublimeText | 2 Mar 2023
    You obviously never tried the various LSP plugins for ST. It will give you the same intelllgent code tools as the jetbrains IDEs, which goes way beyond just syntax highlighting and linting and there's support for a lot of languages. https://lsp.sublimetext.io/
  • what is the best alternative for visual studio
    3 projects | /r/archlinux | 13 Oct 2022
    Add in this and you're golden: https://github.com/sublimelsp/LSP
  • Nova by Panic
    7 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 24 Jan 2022
    https://github.com/sublimelsp/LSP with https://github.com/sublimelsp/LSP-typescript works pretty well for me. They are also both being actively maintained. It'd be nice if it was built-in, but it works well enough that I still have not found a compelling reason to switch to VSCode.

    I really love sublime and it doesn't seem to be dead just yet. Sublime Text 4 was also a pretty great release.

  • Cant get the function options in SublimeText4
    1 project | /r/SublimeText | 5 Jan 2022
  • Sublime Text 4 (Build 4126)
    3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 21 Dec 2021
    I tried sublime this year now that it has an LSP (language server), along with the Go plugin. Maybe it would take more getting used to, but VSCode has done such a great job for coding in. Sublime's project view just wasn't as good either.

    I really still like sublime for editing text or log files on my dev system, but not for development.

    https://github.com/sublimelsp/LSP

  • golang & sublime text 4
    1 project | /r/golang | 10 Dec 2021
  • Is there any package that shows inline errror like in this image
    1 project | /r/SublimeText | 16 Aug 2021
    not a fan of that but there is https://github.com/sublimelsp/LSP/pull/1702
  • Hi, I have just gotten into go and was thinking if guys could suggest me a free beginner-friendly IDE.
    2 projects | /r/golang | 29 Jul 2021
    That's great, try it with SublimeLSP and gopls.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing eclipse.jdt.ls and LSP you can also consider the following projects:

nvim-jdtls - Extensions for the built-in LSP support in Neovim for eclipse.jdt.ls

TypeScript - IO wrapper around TypeScript language services, allowing for easy consumption by editor plugins

coc-java - Java extension for coc.nvim

typescript-language-server - TypeScript & JavaScript Language Server

coc.nvim - Nodejs extension host for vim & neovim, load extensions like VSCode and host language servers.

pylsp-rope - Extended refactoring capabilities for python-lsp-server using Rope

IntelliJIDEA-Delightful - A charming and dazzling IntelliJ IDEA configuration!

intellij-community - IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition & IntelliJ Platform

NeoVim-Delightful - A charming and dazzling NeoVim configuration!

vscodium - binary releases of VS Code without MS branding/telemetry/licensing

vscode-java - Java Language Support for Visual Studio Code

PlainTasks - An opinionated todo-list plugin for Sublime Text editor (version 2 and 3)