[BUG] lombok does not work with the latest version of eclipse

[williamanzac]

I updated to the latest version of Eclipse and I received the following error.

eclipse.buildId=4.31.0.20240111-1200
java.version=18.0.1
java.vendor=Azul Systems, Inc.
BootLoader constants: OS=win32, ARCH=x86_64, WS=win32, NL=en_NZ
Framework arguments: -product org.eclipse.epp.package.java.product
Command-line arguments: -os win32 -ws win32 -arch x86_64 -product org.eclipse.epp.package.java.product

org.eclipse.jdt.core
Error
Mon Jan 15 21:02:24 NZDT 2024
Lombok annotation handler class lombok.eclipse.handlers.HandleEqualsAndHashCode failed

java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: 'java.lang.StringBuffer org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.ast.Expression.print(int, java.lang.StringBuffer)'
at lombok.eclipse.handlers.EclipseHandlerUtil.createAnnotation(EclipseHandlerUtil.java:1335)
at lombok.eclipse.HandlerLibrary$AnnotationHandlerContainer.handle(HandlerLibrary.java:105)
at lombok.eclipse.HandlerLibrary.handleAnnotation(HandlerLibrary.java:237)
at lombok.eclipse.TransformEclipseAST$AnnotationVisitor.visitAnnotationOnType(TransformEclipseAST.java:265)
at lombok.eclipse.EclipseNode.traverse(EclipseNode.java:107)
at lombok.eclipse.EclipseAST.traverseChildren(EclipseAST.java:231)
at lombok.eclipse.EclipseNode.traverse(EclipseNode.java:74)
at lombok.eclipse.EclipseAST.traverseChildren(EclipseAST.java:231)
at lombok.eclipse.EclipseNode.traverse(EclipseNode.java:69)
at lombok.eclipse.EclipseAST.traverse(EclipseAST.java:224)
at lombok.eclipse.TransformEclipseAST.go(TransformEclipseAST.java:222)
at lombok.eclipse.TransformEclipseAST.transform(TransformEclipseAST.java:183)
at lombok.eclipse.TransformEclipseAST.transform_swapped(TransformEclipseAST.java:107)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DirectMethodHandleAccessor.invoke(DirectMethodHandleAccessor.java:104)
at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:577)
at lombok.launch.PatchFixesHider$Util.invokeMethod(PatchFixesHider.java:133)
at lombok.launch.PatchFixesHider$Transform.transform_swapped(PatchFixesHider.java:256)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.parser.Parser.endParse(Parser.java:12067)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.parser.Parser.parse(Parser.java:13269)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.parser.Parser.parse(Parser.java:13499)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.parser.Parser.parse(Parser.java:13456)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.parser.Parser.dietParse(Parser.java:11838)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.Compiler.internalBeginToCompile(Compiler.java:850)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.Compiler.beginToCompile(Compiler.java:393)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:447)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:425)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.builder.AbstractImageBuilder.compile(AbstractImageBuilder.java:411)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.builder.BatchImageBuilder.compile(BatchImageBuilder.java:214)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.builder.AbstractImageBuilder.compile(AbstractImageBuilder.java:342)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.builder.BatchImageBuilder.build(BatchImageBuilder.java:79)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.builder.JavaBuilder.buildAll(JavaBuilder.java:286)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.builder.JavaBuilder.build(JavaBuilder.java:192)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager$2.run(BuildManager.java:1077)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:47)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.basicBuild(BuildManager.java:296)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.basicBuild(BuildManager.java:352)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager$1.run(BuildManager.java:441)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:47)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.basicBuild(BuildManager.java:444)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.basicBuildLoop(BuildManager.java:555)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.basicBuildLoop(BuildManager.java:503)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.build(BuildManager.java:585)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.AutoBuildJob.doBuild(AutoBuildJob.java:207)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.AutoBuildJob.run(AutoBuildJob.java:300)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.Worker.run(Worker.java:63)

[janrieke]

There's a fix already, but not yet released (see #3564 and #3565). Try installing the latest edge release, it contains the fix.

[williamanzac]

Great thanks.
I did try looking for an existing bug first, just didn't go back far enough