After upgrading to the version 2020.3 of Idea i get a NullPointerException for the mapping processor. If anybody has a clue... Thank you!
6 Answers
The solution is to update MapStruct to 1.4.1.Final or later version, see this issue for more details.
You can also add -Djps.track.ap.dependencies=false
at File | Settings (Preferences on macOS) | Build, Execution, Deployment | Compiler | Build process VM options as a workaround.

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5After upgrading Mapstruct to 1.4.1.Final I am getting another issue which I did not get with 1.3 - "No method found annotated with @Named#value". Has anyone faced this problem yet? – Barun Dec 08 '20 at 03:07
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1You just need to add the @Named annotation over the method and qualifiedByName where it was used. – Javeson Yehudi Dec 09 '20 at 13:31
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Upgrading it solved the issue for me .Thanks! – Samir Nov 06 '21 at 08:11
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2IDE should not be the driver to force lib update on a project. – dimitrisli Dec 28 '21 at 16:48
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5Thanks, adding ```-Djps.track.ap.dependencies=false``` really helped me! – ademarizu Jan 04 '22 at 18:41
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After upgrading Mapstruct to 1.4.1.Final I am getting another issue which I did not get with 1.3 - "No method found annotated with @Named#value", and i have this method in parent class (inheritance). these methods are there for long time – uncle bob Apr 05 '22 at 02:31
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I would add : also update `mapstruct-processor` to 1.4.1.Final or later version – ToddEmon Aug 23 '22 at 14:10
If you cannot update MapStruct (my case), details here.
You have to find the exact place where put the -Djps.track.ap.dependencies=false
setting (and I had hard time to figure out where).
So, as they say, a picture is worth a thousand words:

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There are several intellij bugs here. If I change the maven version 1.3.0.Final to 1.4.1.Final the intellij don't want to update the version.
Solution
- Upgrade the maven version to 1.4.1.Final
- Delete manually mapstruct 1.3.1.Final from External Libraries(Project Structure | Libraries)
- mvn clean package
- Click reload all maven projects
It works without -Djps.track.ap.dependencies=false
If you have swagger exclude mapstruct first:
<dependency>
<groupId>io.springfox</groupId>
<artifactId>springfox-swagger2</artifactId>
<version>${swagger2.version}</version>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<groupId>org.mapstruct</groupId>
<artifactId>mapstruct</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>

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1Manually removing the old version from the external libraries and reloading the Maven projects worked for me. – Will Feb 22 '23 at 12:38
Expanding on freedev's answer. For windows users the following will be the place to go :

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In my case my build.gradle was misconfigured. I used some Mapstruct SPI AccessorNamingStrategy in two separat projects (command and custom-mapper) which I included twice in annotationProcessor of the build gradle. My solutions was to remove one of the annotations and it worked.

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