# JavaLens MCP Server

63 semantic Java analysis tools via Eclipse JDT: navigation, refactoring, code intelligence.

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## Status

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## Connect

Published as `javalens-mcp` on npm. Runs locally.

## Known issues

**9 problems reported by people outside the maintainer team.** Issues filed by the project's own owners, members and collaborators are excluded — those are release checklists and internal refactors, not things that will go wrong for you. Showing 6.

### Most discussed

### get_diagnostics does not report any issues

### Summary

No errors reported

### Steps to reproduce

1. edit any java file, making it uncompilable: syntax error or anything else (e.g. `class` -> `clazz`)
2. call `load_project` tool to refresh indexes
3. call `get_diagnostics` tool - it returns clean state - **no errors** reported!
4. call `diagnose_and_fix` with the exact file path - **no errors** reported!
5. call `validate_syntax` with the exact file path (same as step 4) - **error confirmed**.

This is what I get:
```
● javalens - load

[Read the thread](https://github.com/pzalutski-pixel/javalens-mcp/issues/30) · 2026-06-11 · closed · external user · 6 comments

### Bug: `get_diagnostics` floods results with BUILDPATH false positives on files that compile cleanly

`get_diagnostics` returns hundreds of `BUILDPATH`-category errors on files that import from
pre-Java 9 jars (e.g. `org.codehaus.jackson` 1.x). The file compiles with zero errors under
`mvn test-compile`. The BUILDPATH failures cascade into synthetic `IMPORT`, `TYPE`, and `MEMBER`
errors, making the file appear completely broken when it is not.

## Minimal example

**pom.xml dependency** (the trigger — any pre-Java 9 jar works):
```xml
<dependency>
    <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
    

[Read the thread](https://github.com/pzalutski-pixel/javalens-mcp/issues/18) · 2026-05-25 · closed · external user · 32 comments

### find_unused_code: false positives for every private field in a generic class (reads not detected)

## Summary
  `find_unused_code` reports `private` fields of a **generic class** (any class with a type parameter) as unused even when they are clearly read inside that class's own methods. Non-generic classes are
  unaffected. The field's *own* type is irrelevant — a plain `String` field in a generic class is mis-flagged just the same.

  ## Environment
  - javalens-mcp version reported by `health_check`: **`2.0.0-SNAPSHOT`** (npm `latest` is `1.3.2`)
  - Java: 21.0.6 (Eclipse Adoptium)
  - OS: 

[Read the thread](https://github.com/pzalutski-pixel/javalens-mcp/issues/17) · 2026-05-21 · closed · external user · 4 comments

### Bug: `change_method_signature` does not update constructor call sites

`change_method_signature` returns only the constructor declaration edit. All `new ClassName(…)` call sites in other files are silently dropped, leaving the project non-compilable after the edit is applied.

A secondary issue: `newSignature` in the response renders the constructor with a spurious `void` return type (e.g. `void Widget(String name)`) which is not valid Java.

## Minimal example

**Widget.java**
```java
package com.example;

public class Widget {

    private final String name;

   

[Read the thread](https://github.com/pzalutski-pixel/javalens-mcp/issues/15) · 2026-05-10 · closed · external user · 4 comments

### Bug: `rename_symbol` returns 0 edits for a field with a custom-type

`rename_symbol` silently produces `totalEdits: 0, filesAffected: 0` when positioned on a class field whose declared type is a project-local class. The response is `success: true` with no edits applied and no error signal.

## Minimal example

These files are present in the project's `simple-maven` test fixture
(`org.javalens.core.tests/test-resources/sample-projects/simple-maven`):

**FieldHolder.java**
```java
package com.example;

public class FieldHolder {

    Animal pet;                   /

[Read the thread](https://github.com/pzalutski-pixel/javalens-mcp/issues/13) · 2026-05-10 · closed · external user · 4 comments

### Most recent

### zero-based vs 1-based line numbers

### Summary

`search_symbols` returns 1-based line numbers, and `find_affected_tests` also takes 1-based lines (despite the docs saying zero-based)

### Steps to reproduce

Prompt:

```
use find_affected_tests for class XYZ.
don't grep, use search_symbols tool to discover it.
```

### Expected behavior

All tools use the same line numbers.

### Actual behavior

Claude Code is confused and makes many mistakes, which is resulting in a high number of additional calls.

### Minimal reproducible exam

[Read the thread](https://github.com/pzalutski-pixel/javalens-mcp/issues/31) · 2026-06-12 · closed · external user · 2 comments

[See all 9 reports Pod holds for JavaLens](/mcp/javalens/issues).

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