Visual Studio Code – Problem compiling javafx project with maven on Vscode

I have a javafx project that I want to compile. Its source code is composed of two classes ‘App.java’ and ‘Main.java’ located in the same package name ‘app’.

Main.java code:

package h4131.app;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String [] args){
        App.main(args);
    }
}

App.java code:

package h4131.app;

import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.stage.Stage;

import java.io.IOException;

import h4131.view.WindowBuilder;

/**
 * JavaFX App
 */
public class App extends Application {

    @Override
    public void start(Stage stage) throws IOException {
        // WindowBuilder windowBuilder = new WindowBuilder(stage);
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        launch();
    }

}

Basically, when the Main.java class is compiled, it should calls the main function of the App class and should then produce an executable named ‘agile.jar’.

But when compiling Main.java, I get the following error:

Main.java:5: error: cannot find symbol
App.main(args);
^
symbol: variable App
location: class Main
1 error
error: compilation failed

It seems that it can’t find the App.java class located in the same package and I don’t understand why.

The tricky part is that I can launch the executable with a shell outside of Vscode with this command : java -jar agile.jar

So the problem might be with vscode.

I tried to delete and reinstall the JPK, Java, I changed the path variable to the right location, I restarted my computer, rebuilt the project in vscode but none of that seems to work.

I’m asking for your help and support, hoping that you’ll find a solution.

Thanks in advance for your answer.

Cheers guys.