Hi team -- I have some questions about Anvil. I am trying to autogenerate both a `MergeModules` and ...

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[Dorit Rein]

Hi team -- I have some questions about Anvil. I am trying to autogenerate both a MergeModules and a MergeComponent that depends on that MergeModules. It looks something like this:

@MergeModules(scope = MyScope::class)
public interface MyModule

@MergeComponent(
  scope = AnvilScope::class,
  dependencies = [],
  modules = [MyModule::class]
)
public interface MyComponent

However, Anvil complains that it can't resolve MyModule even though they are defined in the same generated file. Any thoughts?

[ralf]

Why do you need @MergeModules? Are you trying to merge multiple scopes?

[Dorit Rein]

yeah, I need two scopes in this case: all the modules that contribute to MyScope and `AnvilScope`(obviously these are fake scope names lol)

[ralf]

You can use @MergeComponent multiple times. With Anvil version 2.4.0 it’s a repeatable annotation:

@MergeComponent(Scope1::class)
@MergeComponent(Scope2::class)
interface YourComponent

This should work.

[Dorit Rein]

Ooh intriguing! Thank you!

[Dorit Rein]

Is there a reason why the MergeModules approach doesnt work?

[ralf]

It should work. I need a full stacktrace + a sample project, because when custom code generators are involved there could be multiple reasons why it fails.