What do I think about Lombok?
I think it’s a nice island, and I wish to visit it one day.
What do I think about Project Lombok?
Well, I’ve been asked this question so many times, I’ve decided to write this post. Its main purpose is to be able to paste the link and back up, because the (yet another) discussion might be so intensive, that fists will be shaken and heads will roll… There are three assumptions here:
Last year I wrote two posts about torturing Java records with Lombok. Fortunately (or not, depends on your point of view), Lombok’s team decided to end these sick plays. However, we don’t give up and go for builder!
In one of my previous posts I was torturing Java™ Records using Lombok. After receiving some really encouraging comments (‘what a sick idea you have, respect!'), delivering a deep-dive talk "Java 15. What’s new and noteworthy", and some discussions on JVM Poland Slack channel, I’ve decided to keep torturing. Sorry ;-)
When explaining Java records online I was asked several times ‘right, what about Lombok?’ In particular this question was ‘if the records are immutable, how are they different from Lombok’s @Value?’
