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vmArgs in launch.json does not accept an array of strings #778

Description

When configuring a java debugger target, in launch.json, it seems that vmArgs does not accept an array of strings. Note that I've configured vmArgs in the linux section as well.

Environment
  • Operating System: Linux
  • JDK version: 13
  • Visual Studio Code version: latest as of 2020-03-16
  • Java extension version: I've installed the java pack.
Backtrace:
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Expected STRING but was BEGIN_ARRAY at path $.vmArgs
com.google.gson.JsonSyntaxException: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Expected STRING but was BEGIN_ARRAY at path $.vmArgs
	at com.google.gson.internal.bind.ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory$Adapter.read(ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.java:224)
	at com.google.gson.Gson.fromJson(Gson.java:888)
	at com.google.gson.Gson.fromJson(Gson.java:953)
	at com.google.gson.Gson.fromJson(Gson.java:926)
	at com.microsoft.java.debug.core.protocol.JsonUtils.fromJson(JsonUtils.java:34)
	at com.microsoft.java.debug.core.adapter.DebugAdapter.dispatchRequest(DebugAdapter.java:76)
	at com.microsoft.java.debug.core.adapter.ProtocolServer.dispatchRequest(ProtocolServer.java:118)
	at com.microsoft.java.debug.core.protocol.AbstractProtocolServer.lambda$new$0(AbstractProtocolServer.java:78)
	at io.reactivex.internal.observers.LambdaObserver.onNext(LambdaObserver.java:60)
	at io.reactivex.internal.operators.observable.ObservableObserveOn$ObserveOnObserver.drainNormal(ObservableObserveOn.java:200)
	at io.reactivex.internal.operators.observable.ObservableObserveOn$ObserveOnObserver.run(ObservableObserveOn.java:252)
	at io.reactivex.internal.schedulers.ScheduledRunnable.run(ScheduledRunnable.java:61)
	at io.reactivex.internal.schedulers.ScheduledRunnable.call(ScheduledRunnable.java:52)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:304)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1128)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:628)
	at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:830)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Expected STRING but was BEGIN_ARRAY at path $.vmArgs
	at com.google.gson.internal.bind.JsonTreeReader.nextString(JsonTreeReader.java:180)
	at com.google.gson.internal.bind.TypeAdapters$16.read(TypeAdapters.java:401)
	at com.google.gson.internal.bind.TypeAdapters$16.read(TypeAdapters.java:389)
	at com.google.gson.internal.bind.ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory$1.read(ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.java:129)
	at com.google.gson.internal.bind.ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory$Adapter.read(ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.java:220)
	... 17 more

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