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Hi folks, question about *annotation processing*. Anyone knows how to read the annotations of the properties in a interface when processing the interface class?
```@Model
interface Config {
    @Prop(name = "renamedConfigField")
    val configField: String
}```
When processing the Config interface I would like to be able to iterate over it’s properties (which I’m already doing) but I’m not being able to read the fields annotations (e.g. read the @Prop annotation on the `configField`)

Ultimately what I want to achieve is to generate a class like this:
```class ConfigModel(val renamedConfigField: String)```


Have you looked into <#C013BA8EQSE|>? It’s a library/framework that facilitates Kotlin-specific annotation processing (and you can use KotlinPoet, though there isn’t an official binding from KSP to KotlinPoet like there is to kotlin.reflection).

KSP’s libraries allow you to retrieve lots of information about Kotlin source declarations.

I’ve used it to build exactly what you describe - an annotation processor capable of deriving a class (with a constructor) from an annotated interface.

Hmm I didn’t. I’ll look into it. Thanks man!

<https://github.com/ty1824/dialector/blob/master/dialector-kt-processor/src/main/kotlin/dev/dialector/processor/DialectorSymbolProcessor.kt>

I’m sorry in advance - this isn’t polished by any means :smile:

Rewriting the processor I had with the <#C013BA8EQSE|>. Much easier… I still didn’t reach the file generation part yet but looks promising.

Also, did you figure out a way to log? I’m having to write into a file as a logging tool

I'll be honest, I haven't used/looked for a Kotlin logging library, probably should get around to that at some point :sweat_smile:

Just use file gen to write a Kotlin source file containing the problems found? :joy:

`println` neither the `logger` passed in the `init()` prints in the std out

Yeah that’s what I am doing ahhaha. But seriously the main logic I had is basically done. MUCH MUCH easier it’s like magic

Hmm, it would print to the compiler's output stream, which may be truncated/hidden in a file somewhere

The folks in <#C013BA8EQSE|> may have some better suggestions though!

The maintainers of the project are pretty active :)

Really appreciate your help man! thanks a lot!!

My pleasure, glad you found KSP useful :D It's a great tool!