Lombok Builder Annotation Pitfall: Why Default Field Values Disappear

A stable public service interface, previously maintained and later handed over, started throwing NullPointerException errors when a new consumer system integrated with it. The error occurred within a conditional block: if (req.getFlag() && req.getName() != null && req.getType() != null) { // execute business logic ...

Posted on Thu, 07 May 2026 07:18:21 +0000 by pnoeric