@ConfigurationProperties Spring Boot Configuration Annotation Processor not found in classpath

Question

I try to make completion for custom properties in Spring Boot.

I tried to create a simple project via IntelliJ IDEA 2016.3:

1. Created a new Gradle project with Spring Boot Initializer (I haven't checked anything at all).
2. Created a new class Properties.

When I annotated it with @ConfigurationProperties, the next notification has appeared:

The documentation said that I should add the following to my project:

dependencies {     optional "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-configuration-processor" }  compileJava.dependsOn(processResources) 

After that, I tried to rebuild the project and enable annotation processors in settings but the notification hasn't gone. Completion doesn't work too (I created a string my).

Answer 1

I had the same problem. I use idea 2017.2 and gradle 4.1, and some blog said you should add:

dependencies {     optional "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-configuration-processor" } 

But I changed it to this:

dependencies {     compile "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-configuration-processor" } 

And the warning is gone.

Answer 2

According to the Spring Boot docs, the correct configuration since Gradle 4.6 is

dependencies {     annotationProcessor group: 'org.springframework.boot', name: 'spring-boot-configuration-processor'     // ... } 

IntelliJ IDEA supports annotationProcessor scope since build 193.3382 (2019.3). Don't forget to enable annotation processing in IntelliJ IDEA settings.