Can't compile project when I'm using Lombok under IntelliJ IDEA

Question

I'm trying to use Lombok in my project that I'm developing using IntelliJ IDEA 11.

I've installed 3rd-party plugin for IDEA and it seems working fine because IDEA sees all autogenerated methods/fields.

So I have a class that uses Slf4j. I annotated it like this

import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;

@Slf4j

public class TestClass

{

    public TestClass()

    {

        log.info("Hello!");

    }

}

But when I build my project compiler spits: cannot find symbol variable log.

Could you please tell me what I'm missing here ?

Answer 1

Enabling annotation processing will make it work

But if you are on a Mac, make sure you enable annotation processing(tick the checkbox) from both the places available.

1.) Intellij Idea -> Preferences -> Compiler -> Annotation Processors

2.) File -> Other Settings -> Default Settings -> Compiler -> Annotation Processors