Error-prone: Lombok + error-prone compatibility issues - An annotation processor threw an uncaught exception.

[publicspace]

Related:
https://code.google.com/p/projectlombok/issues/detail?id=757
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/project-lombok/9QkdnOphGyc
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/31034157/trigger-error-when-using-a-particular-third-party-or-java-method-or-constructo/31034789?noredirect=1#comment50136200_31034789
( see comments on accepted answers )

"The error in pastebin.com/NcmEicyg happens because you're using Lombok, and Error Prone uses javac9, and Lombok doesn't work with javac9 yet (e.g. code.google.com/p/projectlombok/issues/detail?id=757)."

Error:

An annotation processor threw an uncaught exception.
Consult the following stack trace for details.
java.lang.NoSuchFieldError: pid
at lombok.javac.JavacAST.packageDeclaration(JavacAST.java:107)
at lombok.javac.JavacAST.(JavacAST.java:81)
at lombok.javac.JavacTransformer.transform(JavacTransformer.java:67)
at lombok.javac.apt.Processor.process(Processor.java:250)
at lombok.core.AnnotationProcessor$JavacDescriptor.process(AnnotationProcessor.java:115)
at lombok.core.AnnotationProcessor.process(AnnotationProcessor.java:165)
at com.sun.tools.javac.processing.JavacProcessingEnvironment.callProcessor(JavacProcessingEnvironment.java:801)
at com.sun.tools.javac.processing.JavacProcessingEnvironment.discoverAndRunProcs(JavacProcessingEnvironment.java:713)
at com.sun.tools.javac.processing.JavacProcessingEnvironment.access$2000(JavacProcessingEnvironment.java:91)
at com.sun.tools.javac.processing.JavacProcessingEnvironment$Round.run(JavacProcessingEnvironment.java:1021)
at com.sun.tools.javac.processing.JavacProcessingEnvironment.doProcessing(JavacProcessingEnvironment.java:1129)
at com.sun.tools.javac.main.JavaCompiler.processAnnotations(JavaCompiler.java:1141)
at com.sun.tools.javac.main.JavaCompiler.compile(JavaCompiler.java:833)
at com.sun.tools.javac.main.Main.compile(Main.java:249)
at com.google.errorprone.ErrorProneCompiler.run(ErrorProneCompiler.java:220)
at com.google.errorprone.ErrorProneCompiler.run(ErrorProneCompiler.java:158)
at com.google.errorprone.ErrorProneCompiler.compile(ErrorProneCompiler.java:87)
at org.codehaus.plexus.compiler.javac.errorprone.JavacCompilerWithErrorProne$CompilerInvoker.compile(JavacCompilerWithErrorProne.java:219)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:497)
at org.codehaus.plexus.compiler.javac.errorprone.JavacCompilerWithErrorProne.performCompile(JavacCompilerWithErrorProne.java:91)
at org.apache.maven.plugin.compiler.AbstractCompilerMojo.execute(AbstractCompilerMojo.java:825)
at org.apache.maven.plugin.compiler.CompilerMojo.execute(CompilerMojo.java:129)
at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultBuildPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultBuildPluginManager.java:132)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:208)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:153)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:145)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:116)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:80)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.builder.singlethreaded.SingleThreadedBuilder.build(SingleThreadedBuilder.java:51)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.execute(LifecycleStarter.java:120)
at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:347)
at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:154)
at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.execute(MavenCli.java:582)
at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.doMain(MavenCli.java:214)
at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:158)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:497)
at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:289)
at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:229)
at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:415)
at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:356)
[DEBUG] incrementalBuildHelper#afterRebuildExecution

[eaftan]

FYI: We made the decision to pin Error Prone to a specific version of javac because Error Prone relies on compiler internals, and supporting multiple versions of javac was difficult and hard to validate, because we use only one version of javac internally.

There's not a good answer for this other than to make Lombok support javac 9, or not to use Lombok in your project. :(

[cushon]

This isn't really our bug. The best resolution would be for lombok to support javac 9.

In the stack overflow thread you mentioned another issue: http://pastebin.com/umWd18m6. Do you have a repro for that? It's the one I was hoping to investigate.

[alexeagle]

Note this has some recent activity, it looks like it's possible to use jdk9, lombok, and Bazel together based on quick scan of https://github.com/rzwitserloot/lombok/issues/985
@publicspace can you give that a try and confirm if it works for you?

[JLLeitschuh]

The newest version of lombok works with error prone.
Lombok version 1.16.8

[eaftan]

Thanks for the update, @JLLeitschuh.