Spring boot Entity java: cannot find symbol. Error given by Lombok - Stack Overflow

Update: this problem seems to be related to the use of Lombok

I have written in Java an Entity class:

import java.time.OffsetDateTime;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.UUID;
import jakarta.persistence.*;
import lombok.*;
import orgr.plantvocdb.enums.LeafHabitus;
import orgr.plantvocdb.enums.PlantsRanks;
@Entity
@AllArgsConstructor
@NoArgsConstructor
@Getter
@Setter
@Builder
@Table(name = "plants_voc")
public class PlantVocEntity {

    @Id
    @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.UUID)
    @Column(name="id", length = 36, nullable = false, updatable = false)
    private UUID id;

    @Column(name="ipni", length = 50)
    private String ipniCode;

    // @Column(name="full_name_plain", length = 50, nullable = false)
    @Column(name="full_name_plain", length = 50)
    private String fullNamePlain;

    @Column(name="full_name_no_authors_plain", length = 20)
    private String fullNameNoAuthorsPlain;

    @Column(name="name", length = 20)
    private String name;

    @Column(name="family", length = 20)
    private String family;

    @Column(name="genus", length = 20)
    private String genus;

    @Column(name="species", length = 20)
    private String species;

    @Column(name="valid_nomenclature")
    private boolean validNomenclature;

    @Column(name="rank")
    @Enumerated(EnumType.STRING)
    private PlantsRanks rank;

    @Column(name="leaf_habitus")
    @Enumerated(EnumType.STRING)
    private LeafHabitus leafHabitus;

    @OneToMany(mappedBy = "plantVocEntity")
    private Set<PlantEmitterEntity> emitter;

    @ElementCollection
    @Column(name="synonyms")
    private Set<String> synonyms;

    @Column(name="created_datetime_utc", updatable = false) // creation_datetime_utc
    private OffsetDateTime createdDatetimeUTC;

    @Column(name="updated_datetime_utc")  // last_modified_datetime_utc
    private OffsetDateTime updatedDatetimeUTC;

}

Next in Service, I create an instance of the Entity class and when I try to pass it a value with the setter I get this error:

import orgr.plantvocdb.dto.RequestPlantVocDTO;
import orgr.plantvocdb.dto.ResponsePlantVocDTO;
import orgr.plantvocdb.entity.PlantVocEntity;
import orgr.plantvocdb.repository.PlantsVocRepository;
import org.modelmapper.ModelMapper;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;

import java.time.OffsetDateTime;
import java.time.ZoneOffset;

@Service
public class PlantsVocService {

    private final PlantsVocRepository repository;
    private final ModelMapper mapper;


    @Autowired
    public PlantsVocService(PlantsVocRepository repository, ModelMapper mapper) {
        this.repository = repository;
        this.mapper = mapper;

    }

    public ResponsePlantVocDTO CreateNewPlantVoc(RequestPlantVocDTO plant){
        PlantVocEntity p = new PlantVocEntity();
        p.setFamily("Hola");

        return null;
    }
}

this is my pom.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns=".0.0" xmlns:xsi=";
    xsi:schemaLocation=".0.0 .0.0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
    <parent>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
        <version>3.4.2</version>
        <relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
    </parent>
    <groupId>orgr</groupId>
    <artifactId>plantvocdb</artifactId>
    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
    <name>plantvocdb</name>
    <description>Plant VOC emitter DataBase</description>
    <url/>
    <licenses>
        <license/>
    </licenses>
    <developers>
        <developer/>
    </developers>
    <scm>
        <connection/>
        <developerConnection/>
        <tag/>
        <url/>
    </scm>
    <properties>
        <java.version>23</java.version>
    </properties>
    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-validation</artifactId>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-devtools</artifactId>
            <scope>runtime</scope>
            <optional>true</optional>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
            <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
            <scope>runtime</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
            <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
            <optional>true</optional>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>

        <!-- dependencies added from Alessandro -->

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.modelmapper</groupId>
            <artifactId>modelmapper</artifactId>
            <version>3.2.2</version>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>

    <build>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                <configuration>
                    <annotationProcessorPaths>
                        <path>
                            <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
                            <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
                        </path>
                    </annotationProcessorPaths>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
                <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                <configuration>
                    <excludes>
                        <exclude>
                            <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
                            <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
                        </exclude>
                    </excludes>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>

</project>

Update: this problem seems to be related to the use of Lombok

I have written in Java an Entity class:

import java.time.OffsetDateTime;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.UUID;
import jakarta.persistence.*;
import lombok.*;
import org.cnr.plantvocdb.enums.LeafHabitus;
import org.cnr.plantvocdb.enums.PlantsRanks;
@Entity
@AllArgsConstructor
@NoArgsConstructor
@Getter
@Setter
@Builder
@Table(name = "plants_voc")
public class PlantVocEntity {

    @Id
    @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.UUID)
    @Column(name="id", length = 36, nullable = false, updatable = false)
    private UUID id;

    @Column(name="ipni", length = 50)
    private String ipniCode;

    // @Column(name="full_name_plain", length = 50, nullable = false)
    @Column(name="full_name_plain", length = 50)
    private String fullNamePlain;

    @Column(name="full_name_no_authors_plain", length = 20)
    private String fullNameNoAuthorsPlain;

    @Column(name="name", length = 20)
    private String name;

    @Column(name="family", length = 20)
    private String family;

    @Column(name="genus", length = 20)
    private String genus;

    @Column(name="species", length = 20)
    private String species;

    @Column(name="valid_nomenclature")
    private boolean validNomenclature;

    @Column(name="rank")
    @Enumerated(EnumType.STRING)
    private PlantsRanks rank;

    @Column(name="leaf_habitus")
    @Enumerated(EnumType.STRING)
    private LeafHabitus leafHabitus;

    @OneToMany(mappedBy = "plantVocEntity")
    private Set<PlantEmitterEntity> emitter;

    @ElementCollection
    @Column(name="synonyms")
    private Set<String> synonyms;

    @Column(name="created_datetime_utc", updatable = false) // creation_datetime_utc
    private OffsetDateTime createdDatetimeUTC;

    @Column(name="updated_datetime_utc")  // last_modified_datetime_utc
    private OffsetDateTime updatedDatetimeUTC;

}

Next in Service, I create an instance of the Entity class and when I try to pass it a value with the setter I get this error:

import org.cnr.plantvocdb.dto.RequestPlantVocDTO;
import org.cnr.plantvocdb.dto.ResponsePlantVocDTO;
import org.cnr.plantvocdb.entity.PlantVocEntity;
import org.cnr.plantvocdb.repository.PlantsVocRepository;
import org.modelmapper.ModelMapper;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;

import java.time.OffsetDateTime;
import java.time.ZoneOffset;

@Service
public class PlantsVocService {

    private final PlantsVocRepository repository;
    private final ModelMapper mapper;


    @Autowired
    public PlantsVocService(PlantsVocRepository repository, ModelMapper mapper) {
        this.repository = repository;
        this.mapper = mapper;

    }

    public ResponsePlantVocDTO CreateNewPlantVoc(RequestPlantVocDTO plant){
        PlantVocEntity p = new PlantVocEntity();
        p.setFamily("Hola");

        return null;
    }
}

this is my pom.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
    <parent>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
        <version>3.4.2</version>
        <relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
    </parent>
    <groupId>org.cnr</groupId>
    <artifactId>plantvocdb</artifactId>
    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
    <name>plantvocdb</name>
    <description>Plant VOC emitter DataBase</description>
    <url/>
    <licenses>
        <license/>
    </licenses>
    <developers>
        <developer/>
    </developers>
    <scm>
        <connection/>
        <developerConnection/>
        <tag/>
        <url/>
    </scm>
    <properties>
        <java.version>23</java.version>
    </properties>
    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-validation</artifactId>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-devtools</artifactId>
            <scope>runtime</scope>
            <optional>true</optional>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
            <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
            <scope>runtime</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
            <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
            <optional>true</optional>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>

        <!-- dependencies added from Alessandro -->

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.modelmapper</groupId>
            <artifactId>modelmapper</artifactId>
            <version>3.2.2</version>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>

    <build>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                <configuration>
                    <annotationProcessorPaths>
                        <path>
                            <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
                            <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
                        </path>
                    </annotationProcessorPaths>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
                <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                <configuration>
                    <excludes>
                        <exclude>
                            <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
                            <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
                        </exclude>
                    </excludes>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>

</project>

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Share Improve this question Follow edited Jan 30 at 22:55 Gianni Spear asked Jan 30 at 22:38 Gianni SpearGianni Spear 8,0202424 gold badges9292 silver badges140140 bronze badges 2

• have you tried to make the scope as provided of the lombook dependency? – Syed Commented Feb 1 at 4:43
• You can look the answer Second answer is about same problem – M.Kara Commented Feb 5 at 12:03

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1. Make sure lombok plugin is installed
2. Make sure you have "Enable Annotation Processing" option checked (Build, Execution, Deployment -> Compiler -> Annotation Processors)
3. Here (Build, Execution, Deployment -> Compiler -> Annotation Processors),Select your app module and activate "Obtain processors from project classpath"