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Lombok @AllArgsConstructor examples

September 26, 2022

1. Generating All-args constructor using Lombok

Lombok @AllArgsConstructor generates a constructor with one parameter for each field in your class, by default generated constructor will be public.

Make sure you already installed Lombok setup for your IDE. To Setup in Eclipse or in Spring Tool Suite refer to our Lombok Maven example setup with Eclipse.

Lomboked AllArgsDemo1.java

@AllArgsConstructor
public class AllArgsDemo1 {

	private Long id;
	
	private String username;
}

DeLomboked AllArgsDemo1.java

public class AllArgsDemo1 {
	private Long id;
	private String username;

	public AllArgsDemo1(final Long id, final String username) {
		this.id = id;
		this.username = username;
	}
}

2. All-args constructor with non-null fields

The fields marked with @NonNull in your class result in null check on those parameter within generated all-args constructor.

Lomboked AllArgsDemo2.java

@AllArgsConstructor
public class AllArgsDemo2 {

	private Long id;
	
	@NonNull
	private String username;
}

DeLomboked AllArgsDemo2.java

public class AllArgsDemo2 {
	private Long id;
	@NonNull
	private String username;

	public AllArgsDemo2(final Long id, @NonNull final String username) {
		if (username == null) {
			throw new NullPointerException("username is marked non-null but is null");
		}
		this.id = id;
		this.username = username;
	}
}

3. @AllArgsConstructor vs static and final fields

Lombok never generates constructor argument for the static fields for @AllArgsConstructor.
For @AllArgsConstructor Lombok never generates constructor argument for the final fields if they are initialized with value, otherwise an argument will be generated.

Lomboked AllArgsDemo3.java

@AllArgsConstructor
public class AllArgsDemo3 {

	private Long id;
	
	private static boolean defaultStatus;
	
	private final double minSalary = 10000.00;
	
	private final int defaultRole;
}

DeLomboked AllArgsDemo3.java

public class AllArgsDemo3 {
	private Long id;
	private static boolean defaultStatus;
	private final double minSalary = 10000.0;
	private final int defaultRole;

	public AllArgsDemo3(final Long id, final int defaultRole) {
		this.id = id;
		this.defaultRole = defaultRole;
	}
}

4. Generating private all-args constructor

Lombok generates a public all-args constructor by default for the @AllArgsConstructor. To generate private all-args constructor define @AllArgsConstructor(access = AccessLevel.PRIVATE). access attribute of @AllArgsConstructor allows you to change the access modifier of the generated constructor.

Lomboked AllArgsDemo4.java

@AllArgsConstructor(access = AccessLevel.PRIVATE)
public class AllArgsDemo4 {

	private Long id;
	
	private String username;
	
}

DeLomboked AllArgsDemo4.java

public class AllArgsDemo4 {
	private Long id;
	private String username;

	private AllArgsDemo4(final Long id, final String username) {
		this.id = id;
		this.username = username;
	}
}

5. Creating a static factory method using @AllArgsConstructor

If we would like to create instance using a static factory method, staticName attribute of @AllArgsConstructor allows us to generates a private all-args constructors and an additional static factory method that wraps around the private constructor is generated. Let’s have a look into following example.

Lomboked AllArgsDemo5.java

@AllArgsConstructor(staticName = "getInstance")
public class AllArgsDemo5 {

	private Long id;
	
	private String username;
	
}

DeLomboked AllArgsDemo5.java

public class AllArgsDemo5 {
	private Long id;
	private String username;

	private AllArgsDemo5(final Long id, final String username) {
		this.id = id;
		this.username = username;
	}

	public static AllArgsDemo5 getInstance(final Long id, final String username) {
		return new AllArgsDemo5(id, username);
	}
}

6. Put annotations on generated all-args constructor

Sometimes you may want to define annotations on top of constructor, for example when you are working with Spring framework or some other third part java libraries, you may need to declare annotations on top of constructor . onConstructor attribute of @AllArgsConstructor allows us to put annotations on generated all-args constructor.

Up to JDK7: @AllArgsConstructor([email protected]__({@AnnotationsGoHere}))
From JDK8: @AllArgsConstructor(onConstructor_={@AnnotationsGohere}) // note the underscore after onConstructor.

Lomboked AllArgsDemo6.java

@AllArgsConstructor(
		onConstructor_=
		@ConstructorProperties({"id", "username"}))
public class AllArgsDemo6 {

	private Long id;
	
	private String username;
	
}

DeLomboked AllArgsDemo6.java

public class AllArgsDemo6 {
	private Long id;
	private String username;

	@ConstructorProperties({"id", "username"})
	public AllArgsDemo6(final Long id, final String username) {
		this.id = id;
		this.username = username;
	}
}

7. Conclusion

In this guide we have covered Lombok AllArgsConstructor annotation examples with several options. You can refer Delombok Maven example to see how looks like lombok generated code for your Lomboked classes.

You can checkout source code at github.

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