objectbox / objectbox/objectbox-java
Support KSP (Kotlin Symbol Processing)
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Description
Currently ObjectBox supports using KAPT for processing annotations in Kotlin.
KSP is a new Kotlin annotation processing framework by Google and supported by Jetbrains that processes annotations in a far more 'native' way than KAPT, resulting in improved performance and an API more suited for Kotlin. Consequently, KAPT has lost its focus from the Kotlin team (source).
ObjectBox should seriously consider providing an implementation for processing annotations in Kotlin using KSP. For reference, see this recent build time analysis:
A whopping 75.8% (24.2 seconds) of build time is spent on generating KAPT stubs, which supposedly KSP avoids completely. On the other hand, it appears only 0.8 seconds is spent doing actual Objectbox work.
Further reading:
What is KSP?
Why KSP?
KSP Github
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Research direction
The issue names no repository files, tests, or entry points. Start by studying the linked KSP documentation and the existing KAPT integration, then define completion as equivalent ObjectBox annotation processing through KSP with validation of build-time and generated-code behavior.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- kotlin
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100