java.project.referencedLibraries should resolve paths leading with ~

[fbricon]

If I define a referenced library such as:

"java.project.referencedLibraries": [
        "/Users/fbricon/Downloads/javafx-sdk-11.0.2/lib/*.jar"
 ]

My no-build-tool project compiles. However, if you change it to

"java.project.referencedLibraries": [
        "~/Downloads/javafx-sdk-11.0.2/lib/*.jar"
 ]

It fails. Using ~ is more portable so would be good to resolve it automatically

[rgrunber]

Seems like a nice touch. Do we have a general "path resolution" class that we could apply to all path settings that get sent to the LS and take a filesystem path, so we could benefit everywhere from this ?

I'm thinking even things like ${user.dir}, ${user.home}, ${java.home} (if existing) from system properties/env ?

[snjeza]

I'm thinking even things like ${user.dir}, ${user.home}, ${java.home} (if existing) from system properties/env ?

I will try to do it.