Spring Tool Suite编译报错：ArrayBinding为空引发空指针异常

环境信息 #

• Spring Tool Suite版本：Version: 4.16.1.RELEASE，Build Id: 202210240748，Revision: 4e8e5b4a7f22310c0505603e0659a2b7083aaffb
• m2e插件：Eclipse.org - m2e M2E Maven Integration for Eclipse Core 2.1.2.20221130-2239 org.eclipse.m2e.feature

问题描述 #

今日更新后，所有项目均出现编译错误，具体提示：

构建期间发生错误，在项目'rest-service'上运行构建器'Java Builder'时出错，错误信息为Cannot invoke "org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.lookup.ArrayBinding.elementsType()" because "arrayBinding" is null

错误日志详情 #

java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.lookup.ArrayBinding.elementsType()" because "arrayBinding" is null
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.codegen.CodeStream.newArray(CodeStream.java:6656)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.codegen.TypeAnnotationCodeStream.newArray(TypeAnnotationCodeStream.java:87)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.ast.ArrayInitializer.generateCode(ArrayInitializer.java:82)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.ast.ArrayInitializer.generateCode(ArrayInitializer.java:70)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.ast.ReturnStatement.generateCode(ReturnStatement.java:232)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.ast.AbstractMethodDeclaration.generateCode(AbstractMethodDeclaration.java:355)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.ast.AbstractMethodDeclaration.generateCode(AbstractMethodDeclaration.java:292)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.ast.TypeDeclaration.generateCode(TypeDeclaration.java:761)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.ast.TypeDeclaration.generateCode(TypeDeclaration.java:824)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.ast.TypeDeclaration.generateCode(TypeDeclaration.java:754)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.ast.TypeDeclaration.generateCode(TypeDeclaration.java:831)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.ast.CompilationUnitDeclaration.generateCode(CompilationUnitDeclaration.java:412)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.Compiler.process(Compiler.java:916)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.ProcessTaskManager.run(ProcessTaskManager.java:145)
at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1589)

已提交相关issue，但怀疑问题根源与m2e无关，特此求助。

内容的提问来源于stack exchange，提问作者Andreas Höhmann