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shrewquest
shrewquest

Reputation: 551

What is the default for Optional data members in lombok using @Builder?

Suppose I have a class such as this :

@Builder
class AnIdentifier {
    @NonNull //to indicate required to builder
    private String mandatoryIdPart;

    private Optional<String> optionalIdPart1;
    private Optional<String> optionalIdPart2;
}

When a client creates an object using the builder generated by lombok for this class and does not set the optional parts, what are they set to? Also does the client have to pass a value wrapped in Optional or just the value to the builder for the optional parts?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 3395

Answers (2)

matt freake
matt freake

Reputation: 5090

As of Lombok 1.16.16 you can do the following, to default it to Optional.empty()

@Builder.Default private Optional<String> optionalIdPart1 = Optional.empty()

see https://projectlombok.org/features/Builder

Until recently Intellij had issues with this which may have put some developers off, but they have been now been resolved

Upvotes: 4

shrewquest
shrewquest

Reputation: 551

Here's what I tried out :

public static void main(String[] args) {
    AnIdentifier id = AnIdentifier.builder().mandatoryIdPart("added")
                       .optionalIdPart1(Optional.of("abs")).build(); //line 1
    id.optionalIdPart2.isPresent(); //line2
}

Firstly line2 generated a NPE so optionalIdPart2 was set to null not Optional.empty()
Secondly from line1, setting the optional value required putting the string in an Optional, lombok doesn't take care of that.

So use a constructor such as this with the annotation:

@Builder
public AnIdentifier(@NonNull String mandatoryIdPart, String optionalIdPart1, String optionalIdPart2) {
    this.mandatoryIdPart = mandatoryIdPart;
    this.optionalIdPart1 = Optional.ofNullable(optionalIdPart1);
    this.optionalIdPart2 = Optional.ofNullable(optionalIdPart2);
}

Upvotes: 1

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