I have a class called Property which is an abstract class and has the following properties:
@SuperBuilder
@Setter
@Getter
public abstract class Property {
private String id;
private String address; //TODO -> Create Value Object
private String description;
private Float squareFootage;
private Integer bedrooms;
private Year yearBuilt;
private Integer bathrooms;
private Heating heatingType;
}
I have two more classes called Apartment and House which extend this property class
@EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = true)
@Builder
@Getter
@Setter
@Data
public class Apartment extends Property {
private Long houseId;
private Integer floor;
}
I got the error error: no suitable constructor found for Property(no arguments) @Builder error: no suitable constructor found for Property(no arguments)
I do understand that you cannot instantiate abstract classes, I provided a constructor to the abstract class so the child classes can use it as super() and I got the following error error: no suitable constructor found for Property(no arguments) @Builder ^ constructor Property.Property(String,String,String,Float,Integer,Year,Integer,Heating,EnergySource,FlooringType,List,List,double,double) is not applicable (actual and formal argument lists differ in length) constructor Property.Property(PropertyBuilder) is not applicable (actual and formal argument lists differ in lengt
You need to annotate Apartment with @SuperBuilder as well, not with @Builder.
The @SuperBuilder annotation produces complex builder APIs for your classes. In contrast to @Builder, @SuperBuilder also works with fields from superclasses. However, it only works for types. Most importantly, it requires that all superclasses also have the @SuperBuilder annotation.
Also, there is no need to explicitly add @Getter and @Setter when you are using @Data.
@Data is a convenient shortcut annotation that bundles the features of @ToString, @EqualsAndHashCode, @Getter / @Setter and @RequiredArgsConstructor together