Lombok @Log4j2 annotation doesn't work in IntelliJ IDEA [duplicate]

Question

I'm using Lombok library in my project and have a problem with @Log4j2 annotation. Not sure why but it's not generating log field in the class.

But when I'm changing annotation to @Slf4j it works, I can see it in IntelliJ IDEA 'Structure' tab.

I'm using gradle as a build tool. Have few dependencies"

dependencies {
    compileOnly("org.projectlombok:lombok")
    compile("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-log4j2")
}

Answer 1

So I had the same problem, I think. What I did is I installed the Lombok plugin in IntelliJ, enabled the annotation as in the link under Preferences-> Build, Execution, Deployment > Compiler > Annotation Processors. And then I restarted IntelliJ, and it worked. IDE is able to recognize log.

I tried it for log4j, log4j2 and slf4j. It all worked.

Let me know if this helped.

Answer 2

Just installing the lombok plugin for intellij works for me.