Unable to import a module in commonMain

[C7ABT]

Hello, I've implementated kotlinPoet into build.gradle.kts under protoc-gen-pbandk / lib as followed.
` sourceSets {

    val commonMain by getting {
        dependencies {
            implementation(project(":pbandk-runtime"))
            implementation("com.squareup:kotlinpoet:${Versions.kotlinPoet}")
        }
    }
 }`

However, when I tried to import kotlinPoet into CodeGenerator.kt, Android Studio just failed to recognize it and underlined it with a red line.

[garyp]

Hi @C7ABT. I've also considered using KotlinPoet for protoc-gen-pbandk. It would probably help make CodeGenerator.kt much more maintainable. What are you thinking of doing with it?

The reason your imports aren't working is because KotlinPoet is a Kotlin/JVM-only library. It is not a Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) library. protoc-gen-pbandk/lib is a KMP project and only KMP libraries can be used from its commonMain source set.

The reason that protoc-gen-pbandk/lib is a KMP project is because when it was originally created there was a plan to eventually produce Kotlin/Native binaries of protoc-gen-pbandk in addition to the current Kotlin/JVM jar file that we produce. The Kotlin/Native binaries would be easier to use from protoc, especially on Windows. That plan hasn't happened yet and I'm not sure it ever will. These days we could also take the approach of making native executables using just the Kotlin/JVM version of protoc-gen-pbandk together with GraalVM.

Anyways, if you wanted to experiment with KotlinPoet in protoc-gen-pbandk/lib then you'll need to first convert it from a KMP project to a Kotlin/JVM project.

[C7ABT]

thx buddy, much help!

[C7ABT]

Hey man. I found something interesting. After implementation KotlinPoet into my commonMain, import XX.XX.kotlinPoet seems not working. However, it was okay to call Functions from KotlinPoet such as FuncSpec and so on. Would it be some sort of solution? Anyway, this way IDE becomes a text editor without autofill or highlight lol.