[FIXED] Cannot make Project Lombok work on Eclipse

Issue

I have followed the tutorial here http://projectlombok.org/

but after adding import and @Data nothing happens.

Does it work on eclipse helios ?

Solution

Did you add

-vmargs
...
-javaagent:lombok.jar
-Xbootclasspath/a:lombok.jar

to your eclipse.ini?

Because if you have (and if you have added the lombok.jar to the libraries used by your project), it works just fine with Eclipse Helios:

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Ian Tegebo mentions in the comments that:

a simple "restart" was not sufficient to pick up the changed vmargs:
I needed to explicitly exit and then start again.

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chrisjleu mentions in the comments:

If you happen to be running a customized Eclipse Helios (3.6+) distribution then you may have to use the full path to lombok.jar in both the vm arguments.
See commit b47e87f for more details.

boolean fullPathRequired = IdeFinder.getOS() == EclipseFinder.OS.UNIX || System.getProperty("lombok.installer.fullpath") != null;

Answered By - VonC
Answer Checked By - Mary Flores (JavaFixing Volunteer)