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

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
30/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
java, spring-boot
Domain
backend, devtools

Research direction

Start by reproducing the issue with the spring boot dependencies shown in the report, using the Java debugger extension with and without a debugger. Compare how the launch finds the main class and its classpath; done means the debugger starts the service without the reported ClassNotFoundException.

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Description

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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}

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