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Does Lombok toBuilder() method creates deep copy of fields

I am using toBuilder() on an object instance to create a builder instance and then build method to create new instance. The original object has a list, does the new object has reference to same list or a copy of it?

@Getter
@Setter
@AllArgsConstructor
public class Library {

    private List<Book> books;

    @Builder(toBuilder=true)
    public Library(final List<Book> books){
         this.books = books;
    }

}


Library lib2  = lib1.toBuilder().build();

Will lib2 books refer to same list as lib1 books ?

Solution

  • Yes, the @Builder(toBuilder=true) annotation doesn't perform a deep copy of the object and only copies the reference of the field.

    List<Book> books = new ArrayList<>();
Library one = new Library(books);
Library two = one.toBuilder().build();
System.out.println(one.getBooks() == two.getBooks()); // true, same reference