Annotation targets for qualifier annotations break kotlin-inject

[vRallev]

The following code compiles fine:

@Qualifier
annotation class QualifiedString

@Component
abstract class MainComponent {

    @Provides
    @QualifiedString
    fun provideString(): String = ""

    @QualifiedString
    abstract val otherString: String
}

But if I add a target to the qualifier annotation, even with an exhaustive list, the code fails to compile with a confusing error.

@Qualifier
@Target(
    CLASS,
    ANNOTATION_CLASS,
    TYPE_PARAMETER,
    PROPERTY,
    FIELD,
    LOCAL_VARIABLE,
    VALUE_PARAMETER,
    CONSTRUCTOR,
    FUNCTION,
    PROPERTY_GETTER,
    PROPERTY_SETTER,
    TYPE,
    FILE,
    TYPEALIAS,
)
annotation class QualifiedString

Error:

e: [ksp] Cannot find an @Inject constructor or provider for: String
/kotlin-inject-anvil/sample/lib/src/androidMain/kotlin/software/amazon/lastmile/kotlin/inject/anvil/sample/AndroidApplicationIdProvider.kt:84: otherString: String

[vRallev]

Oh, screw this, it's related to KSP2. With KSP1 ksp.useKSP2=false it works fine.

[evant]

I wonder if that makes them no longer compare equal, may be related to https://github.com/google/ksp/issues/2091

[vRallev]

Happy to forward this as new issue to them, but could you please point me to where qualifier annotations are resolved and how you compare them?

[evant]

sure, comparisons are done for looking for an equal TypeKey which in turn uses the equals implementation for annotations here

[evant]

Also note I put 'blocked by 3rd-party' on this but if there's a reasonable adjustment to our implementation that works I'm happy to accept it