Idea plugin project doesn't work in IJ 12, but does work in IJ 11

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There are many compilation issues on our project in IJ 12, but not IJ 11. Is this a known issue?

It appears that IJ 12 is not respecting module level dependencies.

2

We haven’t had any other reports of this, and we (the Gradle developers) are using IDEA successfully with Gradle projects.

Your situation might be a bit more complicated.

3

Yes, our project is very complicated. I’ll give you some detail.

I see java: /Users/philswenson/dev/sag/opt/trunk/modules/ae/src/main/java/com/webmethods/optimize/math/Aggregate.java:12: package cern.jet.stat does not exist

This cern.jet.stat dependency is referenced in our “ae” module iml file:

The editor itself doesn’t show an error in the code, the error only shows when I actually do a “make project” or “compile” of the class itself

4

Chances are that the problem isn’t related to Gradle but to the new compiler in IDEA 12 (which can’t compile the Gradle project either). I recommend to file an issue at http://youtrack.jetbrains.com. You can switch back to the old compiler in IDEA preferences.

5

I’m using IntelliJ Enterprise Edition 12.0.2 with Gradle without any problems.

My 2¢.

6

All I see for compiler options is javac and eclipse. Is there another option? The eclipse compiler failed with different errors. I filed an issue with jetbrains here: http://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-99281

7

To get back the old compiler, you have to uncheck Compiler->Use external build. The new compiler uses a different (more rigid) transitive dependency resolution algorithm, which can lead to problems.

8

Thanks Peter, that solved it!