Project Lombok

The project aims to reduce java boilerplate code. It may auto-generate getter, setters, to-string, hashcode, equals, and constructors etc.  To import it, add the following element as a child of dependecies in the pom.xml file:

<dependency>

    <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>

    <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>

    <version>1.16.16</version>

</dependency>

Important: scope should be provided because we do not want Lombok jar file to be included in our build file.

Reference

Tutorial: using Lombok to reduce boilerplate code in Java