Unable to use Lombok with Java 11

Question

We upgraded the Java version from 8 to 11 but I got compile errors of getter/setter methods where I implemented the POJO classes with Lombok's Getter and Setter Annotations.

Is there a way to use Lombok's @Data annotation which provides getter and setter without implementing them at Java 11?

Currently, I am facing the error:

unable to find getStoreName()

where storeName was declared as a global variable in the class with @Data Lombok annotation above the class.

Brauer

got compile errors ... please share the errors as well. – Stative

it says unable to find getStoreName() where storeName was decleared as a global variable in the class with @Data Lombok annation above the class – Brauer

could you update the question with the version details of both intelliJ and the plugin in use? – Stative

Intellij version: 2018.3.2..The Lombok version is v0.10-15.02 – Brauer

try upgrading the plugin to v0.22.IDEA-EAP. – Stative

v0.10-15.02 doesn't look like a Lombok version string to me (and if it is v0.10.0, then that predates Java 11 by about 7 years). Or is it the version of the lombok-intellij-plugin? In that case it predates Java 11 by about 3 years. – Zhdanov

For IntelliJ, just check the Lombok plugin, that should fix it. Lombok support Java 11 perfectly. – Compatible

Answer 1

TL;DR

Upgrade Lombok as a dependency and as a IDE plugin (IntelliJ, NetBeans, Eclipse) and enable Annotation Processing in IDEs settings.

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Latest version of Lombok and/or IntelliJ plugin perfectly supports Java 11.

https://projectlombok.org/changelog

v1.18.4 (October 30th, 2018)

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• PLATFORM: Many improvements for lombok's JDK10/11 support.
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https://github.com/mplushnikov/lombok-intellij-plugin

Provides support for lombok annotations to write great Java code with IntelliJ IDEA.

Last version (0.23) released on 17.12.2018

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• Tested and supports IntelliJ versions: 2016.2, 2016.3, 2017.X, 2018.X

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Lombok project dependency

Make sure you have Lombok dependency added to your project. This plugin does not automatically add it for you.

Please Note: Using newest version of the Lombok dependency is recommended, but does not guarantee that all the features introduced will be available. See Lombok changelog for more details.

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So please update your lombok/plugin version to the latest ones. Should work like a charm.

Onshore

Yes after upgrading the lombok version,it works perfectly !! – Brauer

Upgraded lombok maven and intellij plugin to latest version, it worked like a charm! Thank you – Boxfish

Instructions for Eclipse (2021-09): To activate Annotation Processing go to Project > Preferences > Java Compiler and check the toggle – Aer

Answer 2

For eclipse users you will have to install lombok into eclipse. Please follow the instruction from here https://projectlombok.org/setup/eclipse

Druid

Answer 3

As general, update lombok dependency can fix the problem. Like vsrsion 1.18.4 or latter work fine with JDK11.

Oldfashioned