Spring Boot Tools vscode extension error popup: Request textDocument/definition failed

[byMozq]

Type: Bug

when press ctrl and hover java syntax with mouse pointer, popup always appears at the bottom right corner says: request textDocument/definition failed, source: Spring Boot Tools (Extension). it's so annoying.

output log:

[Error - 12:04:22 PM] Request textDocument/definition failed.
Message: Internal error.
Code: -32603
java.util.concurrent.CompletionException: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Illegal character in path at index 16: file:///C:/Local - Data/ir-backend/src/main/java/irs/mycom/co/id/controller/DummyController.java
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture.encodeThrowable(CompletableFuture.java:315)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture.completeThrowable(CompletableFuture.java:320)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture$UniApply.tryFire(CompletableFuture.java:649)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture$Completion.run(CompletableFuture.java:482)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1136)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:635)
at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:833)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Illegal character in path at index 16: file:///C:/Local - Data/ir-backend/src/main/java/irs/mycom/co/id/controller/DummyController.java
at java.base/java.net.URI.create(URI.java:906)
at org.springframework.ide.vscode.boot.jdt.ls.JdtLsProjectCache.find(JdtLsProjectCache.java:202)
at org.springframework.ide.vscode.boot.java.JavaDefinitionHandler.handle(JavaDefinitionHandler.java:55)
at org.springframework.ide.vscode.languageserver.starter.LanguageServerAutoConf.lambda$registerDefinitionHandler$2(LanguageServerAutoConf.java:97)
at org.springframework.ide.vscode.commons.languageserver.util.SimpleTextDocumentService.lambda$definition$6(SimpleTextDocumentService.java:372)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture$UniApply.tryFire(CompletableFuture.java:646)
... 4 more
Caused by: java.net.URISyntaxException: Illegal character in path at index 16: file:///C:/Local - Data/ir-backend/src/main/java/irs/mycom/co/id/controller/DummyController.java
at java.base/java.net.URI$Parser.fail(URI.java:2974)
at java.base/java.net.URI$Parser.checkChars(URI.java:3145)
at java.base/java.net.URI$Parser.parseHierarchical(URI.java:3227)
at java.base/java.net.URI$Parser.parse(URI.java:3175)
at java.base/java.net.URI.(URI.java:623)
at java.base/java.net.URI.create(URI.java:904)
... 9 more

it looks like this is happening because of the space in the folder name (Local - Data), when I remove the space in the folder name (Local-Data) the popup disappeared

Extension version: 1.47.0
VS Code version: Code 1.80.1 (74f6148eb9ea00507ec113ec51c489d6ffb4b771, 2023-07-12T17:22:07.651Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.22621
Modes:

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Process Argv	--crash-reporter-id b2f7e2c1-dae3-41b5-bb01-f85010d07b58
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[BoykoAlex]

@bymoz the temporary workaround is rename Local - Data folder into Local-Data (i.e. no spaces)

[BoykoAlex]

Hopefully fixes with 5717fd0