Compilation error for annotations in Java 1.8 and IntelliJ IDEA 14

Question

I was playing with Java annotation processing. Application build fails in IntelliJ IDEA, while a maven build ends successfully. I am sure that provider class exists, yet I get the following error:

java: Bad service configuration file, or exception thrown while constructing Processor object: javax.annotation.processing.Processor: Provider <my class> not found.

I suppose that's because of a module X, that should be compiled with -proc:none argument. But I need annotation processing to be enabled for the rest of application. How to configure IntelliJ IDEA build proccess to skip a specific module during annotation proccessing?

Answer 1

You need to configure a separate annotation profile for your module.

1. Create an annotation profile
   1. In the Annotation Processors page, click .
   2. In the 'Create new profile' dialog box, specify the profile name.
2. Associate a module with an annotation profile
   1. Select your module in the list of modules under a default profile. (By default, all the modules of a project are associated with the default profile.)
   2. Click , or press F6.
   3. From the drop-down list, select the target profile to move the selected module to.
3. Configure annotation processing for a profile
   1. Enable annotation processing for the default profile.
   2. Disable annotation processing for the profile, you've just created.

_{This answer is based on an article from IntelliJ IDEA Help.}