'Lombok's access to jdk.compiler's internal packages incompatible with Java-16

Simply upgrading one of my projects from Java-15 to 16 (using the latest build here). On compiling the project which uses lombok such as:

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
    <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
    <version>1.18.16</version>
</dependency>

I am kind of stuck with the stack trace

Caused by: java.lang.IllegalAccessError: class lombok.javac.apt.LombokProcessor (in unnamed module @0x4e670245) cannot access class com.sun.tools.javac.processing.JavacProcessingEnvironment (in module jdk.compiler) because module jdk.compiler does not export com.sun.tools.javac.processing to unnamed module @0x4e670245
    at lombok.javac.apt.LombokProcessor.getJavacProcessingEnvironment (LombokProcessor.java:433)
    at lombok.javac.apt.LombokProcessor.init (LombokProcessor.java:92)
    at lombok.core.AnnotationProcessor$JavacDescriptor.want (AnnotationProcessor.java:160)
    at lombok.core.AnnotationProcessor.init (AnnotationProcessor.java:213)
    at lombok.launch.AnnotationProcessorHider$AnnotationProcessor.init (AnnotationProcessor.java:64)
    at com.sun.tools.javac.processing.JavacProcessingEnvironment$ProcessorState.<init> (JavacProcessingEnvironment.java:702)
    at com.sun.tools.javac.processing.JavacProcessingEnvironment$DiscoveredProcessors$ProcessorStateIterator.next (JavacProcessingEnvironment.java:829)

Now, at least as I thought I knew a hack to get this resolved, but even on trying the following configuration on maven-compiler-plugin

<plugin>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>3.8.1</version>
    <configuration>
        <source>16</source>
        <target>16</target>
        <!--                    <release>16</release>-->
        <compilerArgs>
            <arg>--enable-preview</arg>
            <arg>-Xlint:all</arg>
            <arg>--add-exports=jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.processing=ALL-UNNAMED</arg>
        </compilerArgs>
        <!--for unmappable characters in classes-->
        <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
        <showDeprecation>true</showDeprecation>
        <showWarnings>true</showWarnings>
        <!--for lombok annotations to resolve-->
        <!--contradictory to maven, intelliJ fails with this-->
        <annotationProcessorPaths>
            <path>
                <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
                <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
                <version>1.18.16</version>
            </path>
        </annotationProcessorPaths>
    </configuration>
</plugin>

Has anyone been able to resolve or get away with this?

Edit: The link, provided by Jorn in comments, does relate to the same problem on GitHub, but the solutions proposed still doesn't really work. Such that I have added the following args as well:

<arg>--add-opens=jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.code=ALL-UNNAMED</arg>
<arg>--add-opens=jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.comp=ALL-UNNAMED</arg>
<arg>--add-opens=jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.file=ALL-UNNAMED</arg>
<arg>--add-opens=jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.main=ALL-UNNAMED</arg>
<arg>--add-opens=jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.model=ALL-UNNAMED</arg>
<arg>--add-opens=jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.parser=ALL-UNNAMED</arg>
<arg>--add-opens=jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.processing=ALL-UNNAMED</arg>
<arg>--add-opens=jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.tree=ALL-UNNAMED</arg>
<arg>--add-opens=jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.util=ALL-UNNAMED</arg>
javamavenlombokincompatibilityjava-16


Solution 1:[1]

Upgrading lombok version to 1.18.20 fixed it for me. So, if you can upgrade lombok, I'd recommend doing so.

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
    <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
    <version>1.18.20</version>
</dependency>

Solution 2:[2]

For those of you using Java 11 or any different one from the newest versions, keep in mind that IntelliJ can use its own Maven version hooked to JDK 16/17, thereby causing the error above when doing mvn clean install from the IntelliJ terminal.

To check the actual JDK used, type mvn --version in the terminal, and you might get a surprise like I did (I did not even know I had JDK 17):

Maven home: /usr/local/Cellar/maven/3.8.4/libexec
Java version: 17.0.1, vendor: Homebrew, runtime: /usr/local/Cellar/openjdk/17.0.1_1/libexec/openjdk.jdk/Contents/Home
Default locale: en_BG, platform encoding: UTF-8
OS name: "mac os x", version: "11.3.1", arch: "x86_64", family: "mac"

At the same time, I get Java 11 when checking java --version.

The solution here was to execute mvn clean install via the Maven Goal button in the Maven tab to the right:

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It correctly used the JDK 11, which can also be verified via mvn --version.

Solution 3:[3]

To help Gradle users that perhaps get in this topic.

For those using Gradle, to configure Lombok properly, use compileOnly and annotationProcessor in the build.gradle file.

// Lombok
compileOnly 'org.projectlombok:lombok:1.18.20'
annotationProcessor 'org.projectlombok:lombok:1.18.20'

The same for test dependencies if you are using Lombok there too:

testCompileOnly 'org.projectlombok:lombok:1.18.20'
testAnnotationProcessor 'org.projectlombok:lombok:1.18.20'

Also, if you would like to explicitly generate your bytecodes targeting JDK 16, use:

sourceCompatibility = '16'
targetCompatibility = '16'

Source:
Set up Lombok and Gradle
Gradle sourceCompatibility and targetCompatibility

Solution 4:[4]

if you use macos with jenv, The reason for this problem is that the environment variable JAVA_HOME is not active? Simply do the following?

jenv enable-plugin export

then reopen a terminal session and type echo $JAVA_HOME

Solution 5:[5]

You need to change your sdk version.

If you use IntelliJ IDEA File>Project Structure and select 'project' tab from the left side. Project SDK should be 1.8 or whatever you use in the project. Java version 16.0.1 doesnt support for access this version of lombok

Solution 6:[6]

What I found was to set my JAVA_HOME variable. If you don't know what that is you can run this command to find it.

java -XshowSettings:properties -version 2>&1 > /dev/null | grep 'java.home'

And set the value in your RC file to JAVA_HOME.

Sources

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Solution Source
Solution 1 pratyush
Solution 2 Petar Bivolarski
Solution 3
Solution 4 Brook
Solution 5 A. Berk
Solution 6 reka18

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