This is not possible in Lombok. Although it would be a really nice feature, it requires resolution to find the constructors of the super class. The super class is only known by name the moment Lombok gets invoked. Using the import statements and the classpath to find the actual class is not trivial. And during compilation you cannot just use reflection to get a list of constructors.
It is not entirely impossible but the results using resolution in val and @ExtensionMethod have taught us that is it hard and error-prone.
Disclosure: I am a Lombok developer.
Answer from Roel Spilker on Stack OverflowStack Overflow
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java - Lombok does not include super in AllArgsConstructor - Inheritance from abstract and generic class - Stack Overflow
@Entity @Table(name = "employee") @EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = true) @Getter @Setter @AllArgsConstructor @NoArgsConstructor public class Employee extends GenericEntity<Employee> implements Serializable { @Column(name = "first_name", nullable = false) private String firstName; @Column(name = "last_name", nullable = false) private String lastName; // Rest of attributes which map my columns in MySQL table employee (see below) // I want lombok to do this: public Employee(Long empId, String firstName, String lastName){ super(empId); // I need to rename "id" to "empId" and map it with PK in table
Baeldung
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May 11, 2024 - This is due to the fact that Lombok doesn’t take into account the fields of the superclasses but only the ones from the current class. Luckily for us, there’s a simple workaround. We can generate (with our IDE or even manually) a field-based constructor. This also includes the fields from the superclasses. We annotate it with @Builder, instead of the class: @Getter @AllArgsConstructor public class Parent { private final String parentName; private final int parentAge; } @Getter public class Child extends Parent { private final String childName; private final int childAge; @Builder public Child(String parentName, int parentAge, String childName, int childAge) { super(parentName, parentAge); this.childName = childName; this.childAge = childAge; } }
AllArgsConstructor does not utilize superclass fields
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This is not possible in Lombok. Although it would be a really nice feature, it requires resolution to find the constructors of the super class. The super class is only known by name the moment Lombok gets invoked. Using the import statements and the classpath to find the actual class is not trivial. And during compilation you cannot just use reflection to get a list of constructors.
It is not entirely impossible but the results using resolution in val and @ExtensionMethod have taught us that is it hard and error-prone.
Disclosure: I am a Lombok developer.
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Version 1.18 of Lombok introduced the @SuperBuilder annotation. We can use this to solve our problem in a simpler way.
You can refer to https://www.baeldung.com/lombok-builder-inheritance#lombok-builder-and-inheritance-3.
so in your child class, you will need these annotations:
@Data
@SuperBuilder
@NoArgsConstructor
@EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = true)
in your parent class:
@Data
@SuperBuilder
@NoArgsConstructor
Project Lombok
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@NoArgsConstructor, @RequiredArgsConstructor, @AllArgsConstructor
Unlike most other lombok annotations, the existence of an explicit constructor does not stop these annotations from generating their own constructor. This means you can write your own specialized constructor, and let lombok generate the boilerplate ones as well.
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Lombok @AllArgsConstructor, @NoArgsConstructor and ...
When we use these annotations, Lombok generates the constructors automatically for us. @AllArgsConstructor generates a constructor requiring an argument for every field in the annotated class.
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AllArgsConstructor does not utilize superclass fields · Issue #1229 · projectlombok/lombok
November 10, 2016 - If I have a class with AllArgsConstructor and a superclass with AllArgsConstructor. The generated code only populates the current class fields and does not call super class AllArgsConstructor ... Definitely a problem in the current form - if I have inheritance all the super-class fields are effectively hidden.
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Use of @Inherited for class-level annotations?
We can't actually tell that happened, lombok annotations are source retention only, and the constructors are by design indistinguishable from a handwritten one. So, should AllArgsConstructor take the some-args constructor because its the constructor of the superclass with the most parameters on it, and "AllArgsConstructor" more or less implies that it should go for the most parameters?
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July 30, 2025 - However, since Employee also inherits fields from Person, you'll need to explicitly call the superclass constructor within the generated or manually defined constructor in Employee.
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RequiredArgsConstructor to include inherited required fields
It is trivial in the sense that they always do the same thing: call super() for all inherited variables, and initialize other variables the usual way, duplicating the work of @RequiredArgsConstructor.
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Inheritance with Lombok annotations – Java & SpringBoot | by Sergio Sánchez | Javarevisited | Medium
August 25, 2024 - Unfortunately, Lombok doesn’t support my scenario, so here are my learnings and finding a solution for that.. If you find this article useful, follow me for more! This simple action helps me a lot. ... Inheritance is a mechanism in Java that allows a class to inherit properties and methods from another class.
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Lombok’s @Builder annotation and inheritance | reinhard.codes
September 16, 2015 - One thing has bugged me though during that time: Lombok’s @Builder annotation won’t generate code for inherited fields. It turns out, there is a solution to this problem. We have been using @Builder on the class itself, but you can also put it on a class’s constructor or on a static method. In that case, Lombok will create a setter method on the builder class for every parameter of the constructor/method. That means you can create a custom constructor with parameters for all the fields of the class including its superclass. @AllArgsConstructor public class Parent { private String a; } public class Child extends Parent { private String b; @Builder private Child(String a, String b){ super(a); this.b = b; } }
Medium
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🧩 Why? Lombok’s @Builder does not support inheritance. | by MANISHA BHARDWAJ | Medium
May 21, 2025 - Quick Fix: Use @SuperBuilder from Lombok when parent and child both need builder support. @SuperBuilder @Data @NoArgsConstructor @AllArgsConstructor @JsonIgnoreProperties(ignoreUnknown = true) @JsonInclude(JsonInclude.Include.NON_NULL) public class A{ private String id; private String name; private String secondaryName; private boolean isRequired; }
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r/javahelp on Reddit: Making lombak @data work with inheritance
April 24, 2024 -
Hi,
I am using hibernate with my spring boot application. For columns like updatedAt, createdAt etc, I used an audit class, and then inherited the same class to all my entities.
Now I am trying to access updatedAt as entity.getUpdatedAt() but turns out it doesnt work that way!
Both the parent and child are annotated with "@data", "@AllArgsConstructor" and the entity (child) is annotated with "@EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper=true)".
(I was trying out any solution I could think of or see in stackoverflow - nothingworked.obvious).
How do I make this work? needing inheritance to be supported sounds like such a "everyone should have done it " case but I cant find a working solution! I also read in one answer that you need to annotate the annotation ("@data") so this case is not possible (really?)
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Inheritance works fine for me. Parent and child need both @Data annotation. Then everything works as expected. An instance of child provides all Getter/Setter of parent. Try another Lombok version or let us see some code.
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How to Use Lombok to Create a Constructor That Calls a Superclass's AllArgsConstructor - CodingTechRoom
Solution: Ensure the superclass has the `@AllArgsConstructor` annotation so that Lombok generates the constructor.
GitHub
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@InheritConstructors to inherit constructors (especially useful for Exception classes) · Issue #375 · projectlombok/lombok
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`[AllArgsConstructor]` with inheritance · Issue #60 · CollinAlpert/Lombok.NET
January 27, 2025 - Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. Hi, I was trying to add the [AllArgsConstructor] to a class inheriting another, and the constructor generated only uses the current class' properties. Is this expected ? Desc...
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Workaround for Project Lombok's builders with inheritance issue. · GitHub
Workaround for Project Lombok's builders with inheritance issue. - Child.java
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Java Lombok Builder Annotation With Inheritance | by Drivaspedro | Medium
December 23, 2022 - This feature was introduced on the Lombok 1.18 release. If you need to use a previous release, you can change the default builder method name on the child class, and use the annotation on its constructor. @Builder @AllArgsConstructor public class Person { private String name; } public class Developer extends Person { private String language; @Builder(builderMethodName = "developerBuilder") public Developer(String name, String language) { super(name); this.language = language; } } // Then instantiate the class like this: Developer developer = Developer .developerBuilder() .name("Drivas") .language("java") .build();
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[FEATURE] SuperArgsConstructor · Issue #2646 · projectlombok/lombok
November 15, 2020 - Describe the feature An annotation generating a constructor like @AllArgsConstructor or @NoArgsConstructor matching super in case of a single constructor in super class.