From Java Lombok

A reference for Java developers moving to Node / TypeScript. Each common Lombok annotation maps to a lombok-typescript equivalent, a TypeScript-native workaround, or a clearly-labeled planned feature.

Annotation map

Java Lombok	lombok-typescript	Notes
@Data	@Data	Codegen + applyAllGenerated
@Value	@Value	Immutable; readonly fields. Closest to a Java record
@Builder	@Builder	Class.builder() fluent API
@SuperBuilder	@Builder	Single-level today; inheritance builders planned (Phase 9)
@Builder.Default	@BuilderDefault	Keeps the field initializer when the builder omits the field
@Singular	@Singular	Accumulator builder methods (role()/roles()/clearRoles()) for array fields
@Getter / @Setter	@Getter / @Setter	Codegen
@Getter(lazy = true)	@Memoize	Caches the computed value on first access
@ToString	@ToString	Codegen toString()
@EqualsAndHashCode	@Equals	Generates equals() + toHash() (TS name for Java's hashCode())
@With	@With	Immutable withX() codegen
@Accessors	@Accessors	Fluent / chained accessor style
@Delegate	@Delegate	Forward methods to a delegate field
@FieldDefaults	@FieldDefaults	Default field visibility / readonly
@UtilityClass	@UtilityClass	Static-only holder
@Slf4j / @Log	@Log (or @LogNest for NestJS)	BYOL logger adapters
@NonNull	@NonNull	Runtime null checks
@NoArgsConstructor / @AllArgsConstructor	—	Not needed — use @Builder, field initializers, or object literals
@RequiredArgsConstructor	Nest constructor DI	In NestJS, @Injectable() classes get constructor injection natively
@SneakyThrows	—	Not needed — TypeScript has no checked exceptions
@Cleanup	—	Use try/finally or using (TS 5.2 explicit resource management)
@Synchronized	—	planned (Phase 12); JS is single-threaded, so rarely needed

Workflow differences

1. Run lombok-ts generate for codegen decorators (@Data, @Builder, @Getter, …).
2. Call applyAllGenerated() at startup (see Getting started).
3. Choose legacy decorators for NestJS (experimentalDecorators: true), or stage3 for TS 6.0+ without experimentalDecorators.

Unlike Java, where annotations are processed at compile time by the Lombok agent, lombok-typescript splits the work: codegen decorators emit companion files via the CLI, while runtime decorators (@Memoize, @Retry, @Log, …) wrap behavior directly.

NestJS users

NestJS support is built into the core package — import from lombok-typescript/nestjs for LombokModule, @LogNest, @MemoizeNest, and @RetryNest. No separate install; @nestjs/common and @nestjs/core are optional peers you already have in a Nest app.