I know there was a plan for compiler plugins for f...

# announcements

[Sam]

I know there was a plan for compiler plugins for future. As of now, it is possible to have custom annotation applied to kotlin code for java code generation?

[diesieben07]

You can use normal Java annotation processors on your Kotlin code using Kapt. You can even generate Kotlin code.
https://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/kapt.html

[Sam]

Great, thanks

[Uzi Landsmann]

https://github.com/square/kotlinpoet can help you generate kotlin code using kapt

[Sam]

Looks like kapt is the actual plugin 🙂 loading these processors

[gildor]

kapt is not actuall a plugin like “compiler plugin”, it’s a separate tool that replaces java apt

[Sam]

oh, i just found that under plugins directory

[gildor]

Actually you are right, kapt also part of compiler plugins, never noticed about this