Cannot invoke "javax.lang.model.element.ExecutableElement.getAnnotationMirrors()" because the return value of "javax.lang.model.element.RecordComponentElement.getAccessor()" is null

[youribonnaffe]

We use record-builder on a project and we often get compilation errors with the following message: Cannot invoke "javax.lang.model.element.ExecutableElement.getAnnotationMirrors()" because the return value of "javax.lang.model.element.RecordComponentElement.getAccessor()" is null

The errors happen either in Intellij IDEA or via the CLI with Maven. Running a re-build in Intellij or running the command again fixes the issue (usually a mvn verify).

I suspect it could come from the two tools using a different JDK or compilation options and each generating slightly different bytecode. However I've made sure that the same JDK (17.0.6) is used in both cases.

I've managed to capture a stack trace below. I'm not confident about being able to provide a reproducer project but if the error message is not helpful in understanding the problem I can give it a shot.

Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "javax.lang.model.element.ExecutableElement.getAnnotationMirrors()" because the return value of "javax.lang.model.element.RecordComponentElement.getAccessor()" is null
    at io.soabase.recordbuilder.processor.InternalRecordBuilderProcessor.lambda$buildRecordComponents$2 (InternalRecordBuilderProcessor.java:143)
    at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline$3$1.accept (ReferencePipeline.java:197)
    at java.util.Iterator.forEachRemaining (Iterator.java:133)
    at java.util.Spliterators$IteratorSpliterator.forEachRemaining (Spliterators.java:1845)
    at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.copyInto (AbstractPipeline.java:509)
    at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.wrapAndCopyInto (AbstractPipeline.java:499)
    at java.util.stream.ReduceOps$ReduceOp.evaluateSequential (ReduceOps.java:921)
    at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.evaluate (AbstractPipeline.java:234)
    at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline.collect (ReferencePipeline.java:682)
    at io.soabase.recordbuilder.processor.InternalRecordBuilderProcessor.buildRecordComponents (InternalRecordBuilderProcessor.java:143)
    at io.soabase.recordbuilder.processor.InternalRecordBuilderProcessor.<init> (InternalRecordBuilderProcessor.java:66)
    at io.soabase.recordbuilder.processor.RecordBuilderProcessor.processRecordBuilder (RecordBuilderProcessor.java:168)
    at io.soabase.recordbuilder.processor.RecordBuilderProcessor.process (RecordBuilderProcessor.java:76)
    at io.soabase.recordbuilder.processor.RecordBuilderProcessor.lambda$process$0 (RecordBuilderProcessor.java:54)
    at java.lang.Iterable.forEach (Iterable.java:75)
    at io.soabase.recordbuilder.processor.RecordBuilderProcessor.lambda$process$1 (RecordBuilderProcessor.java:54)
    at java.lang.Iterable.forEach (Iterable.java:75)
    at io.soabase.recordbuilder.processor.RecordBuilderProcessor.process (RecordBuilderProcessor.java:54)
    at com.sun.tools.javac.processing.JavacProcessingEnvironment.callProcessor (JavacProcessingEnvironment.java:1023)
    ....