How to configure annotations processing in IntelliJ IDEA 14 for current project work?

Question

The structure of the project is:

• Parent project
  • A project (Spring) have dependency of project B in pom.xml
  • B project (Spring MVC) have dependency of project A in pom.xml

After launching project B in Tomcat 7, I have an error:

Error:java: Annotation processing is not supported for module cycles. Please ensure that all modules from cycle [A,B] are excluded from annotation processing

How do I avoid this problem?

I use Java 8, Tomcat 7 and Intellij Idea 14.

Answer 1

To solve these kind of problems need to use Analyze Module dependencies in InteliJ-idea.

File Menu > Analyze > Module Dependencies

This shows the list of all projects which have cyclic dependencies and should be resolved first.

This feature helps you to find the problem.

EDIT – For the latest version, it is Analyze -> Analyze Module Dependencies..

Answer 2

In addition to Mikhails answer, here is how to fix it:

When you saw which modules have cyclic dependencies, right-click your project and

Open Module Settings -> Expand the according module-group and select the module -> Dependencies -> select and remove it