lombok.experimental
Annotation Type ExtensionMethod

@Target(value=TYPE)
@Retention(value=SOURCE)
public @interface ExtensionMethod

Extension methods enable you to "add" methods to existing types without creating a new derived type, recompiling, or otherwise modifying the original type. Extension methods are a special kind of static method, but they are called as if they were instance methods on the extended type.

Before:

 @ExtensionMethod(java.util.Arrays.class)
 class Example {
        private void example() {
                long[] values = new long[] { 2, 5, 7, 9 };
                values.copyOf(3).sort();
        }
 }
 

 class Example {
        private void example() {
                long[] values = new long[] { 2, 5, 7, 9 };
                java.util.Arrays.sort(java.util.Arrays.copyOf(values, 3));
        }
 }
 

value

public abstract Class<?>[] value

All types whose static methods will be exposed as extension methods.

suppressBaseMethods

public abstract boolean suppressBaseMethods

If true, an applicable extension method is used (if found) even if the method call already was compilable (this is the default). If false, an extension method is only used if the method call is not also defined by the type itself.

Default:

true