Dagger compiler in Gradle for non-Android project?

[Pablo]

Hi friends,

This may seem pretty pedestrian, but I'm not having much success Googling it: how do I declare `dagger-compiler` in my Gradle dependencies so it will operate on the compiler and generate the correct files at compile time?

This

```
compile 'com.google.dagger:dagger:2.0.2'

compile 'com.google.dagger:dagger-compiler:2.0.2'

```

fails because the compiler isn't included early enough in the process to generate the Dagger* component class, and most Googling is focused on Android, where it appears to use a plugin called `apt.` Mine is a vanilla Java project.

I'll keep digging, but this may be something that someone knows quickly/easily. Thanks! :D

-Pablo

[John Zeringue]

I would recommend

plugins {
    id 'net.ltgt.apt' version '0.5'
}

dependencies {
    apt 'com.google.dagger:dagger-compiler:2.0.2'
    compile 'com.google.dagger:dagger:2.0.2'
}