Configure lombok in eclipse

While using lombok in eclipse , you might encounter error like Slf4j log variable is not recognised by lombok in eclipse

Steps to properly configure lombok in eclispe ide is as follows:

1. Ensure that lombok dependency is present in pom.xml file

<!-- lombok dependency. -->
<dependency>
 <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
 <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
 <optional>true</optional>
</dependency>

2. Download lombok jar from link
https://projectlombok.org/downloads/lombok.jar

3. Install Lombok

• Goto the jar location from the command prompt and run the following command java -jar lombok-1.16.18.jar and we should be greeted by Lombok installation window.
• Now click on the “Specify Location” button and locate the eclipse.exe path under eclipse installation folder like this.
• Now click the “Install/Update”.

The above install basically copies the executable jar to the eclipse executable folder and makes a configuration update in your IDE .ini configuration file something like below:

-javaagent:/home/myuser/eclipse/jee-2022-03/eclipse/lombok.jar

4. Active annotation processing in select project (not the parent)

Right click Project -> properties -> Java compiler -> annotation processing Select Enable project specific settings Select all Enable checkbox

5. Restart eclipse

Resources:

Lombok Introduction and Eclipse Installation - HowToDoInJava

Cannot make Project Lombok work on Eclipse

Lombok is not generating getter and setter