What is the best Java development setup for Emacs?

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What is the best Java development setup for Emacs?

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Best Java development setup for Emacs	Price	Last Updated
-- lsp-java	-	Dec 12, 2023
-- intellij-lsp-server	-	Dec 28, 2018
-- jdee	-	Aug 29, 2018

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lsp-java

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Refactoring support

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Uses headless Eclipse in the backend

The backend is basically a lightweight version of headless Eclipse. This adds eclipse features like autocomplete and syntax checking to emacs. See More

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Maven/Gradle integration

Built-in integration for Maven and Gradle for project management, project imports, automatic builds, etc. See More

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intellij-lsp-server

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Pretty fast

Compared to emacs-eclim, this feels very fast, even over ssh X11 forwarding. See More

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You must have IntelliJ IDEA installed to use this mode

Since the internal API directly communicates with IntelliJ IDEA, you must have it installed to use the mode. See More

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Almost sufficient to replace the IntelliJ frontend

You can toggle the IntelliJ GUI on or off with M-x lsp-intellij-toggle-frame-visibility which helps smooth over the parts which aren’t yet strong enough from Emacs. See More

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Uses IntelliJ backend

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What is the best Java development setup for Emacs?

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lsp-java

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My Recommendation for lsp-java

Refactoring support

Uses headless Eclipse in the backend

Maven/Gradle integration

intellij-lsp-server

My Recommendation for intellij-lsp-server

My Recommendation for intellij-lsp-server

Pretty fast

You must have IntelliJ IDEA installed to use this mode

Almost sufficient to replace the IntelliJ frontend

Uses IntelliJ backend

jdee

My Recommendation for jdee

My Recommendation for jdee

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