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eclipse annotations spring-boot content-assist Java

I keep running into I'm writing unit tests and I'm currently working on a project using Eclipse 2023-09 and I've defined some custom annotations to facilitate dependency injection in a Spring Boot application. However, I'm working with an scenario where the code assistant (content assist) is not suggesting methods or properties when I use these annotations in my code. For instance, I have created a custom annotation called `@InjectService` as follows: ```java @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME) @Target(ElementType.FIELD) public @interface InjectService { Class<?> value(); } ``` In my service class, I attempt to use this annotation like this: ```java public class MyService { @InjectService(MyDependency.class) private MyDependency myDependency; } ``` I've tried the following troubleshooting steps: 1. Ensured that the annotation processor is enabled in the project settings under `Java Compiler -> Annotation Processing`. 2. Cleaned and rebuilt the project multiple times. 3. Checked that the project is using the correct Java version (Java 11). 4. Verified that the annotation is correctly imported in the class where it's being used. Despite these actions, the content assist remains unresponsive for the `@InjectService` annotation. I have also checked the `behavior Log` view in Eclipse, but there are no relevant behavior messages. Is there something I'm missing in the configuration, or does Eclipse not support content assist for custom annotations in this context? How can I resolve this scenario so that method suggestions appear when using my custom annotations? This is for a microservice running on Windows 11. I'd love to hear your thoughts on this.