Project Lombok is a java library that automatically plugs into your editor and build tools, spicing up your java.
Never write another getter or equals method again, with one annotation your class has a fully featured builder, Automate your logging variables, and much more.

Java can get too verbose for things you have to do such as generating getter and setter methods. These things often bring no real value to the business side of your applications. This is what lombok is for. Lombok is here to help you generate boilerplate code and you focus on business logic. The way it works is by plugging into your build process and autogenerating Java bytecode into your .class files as per a number of project annotations you introduce in your code.

Install Lombok on your computer

1. Add dependency 

   <dependency>
       <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
       <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
       <optional>true</optional>
   </dependency>

2. Find lombok.jar in your project maven directory -> Right click -> Run As -> Java Application 
3. 
4. Click on Specify Location button to choose the path where STS is installed
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6. Go to Application/Contents/Eclipse/SpringToolSuit4.ini Then click on Install -> Quick Installer
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8. Restart STS you are good to go

Use Lombok in your project

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.UUID;
import java.util.stream.Collectors;

import javax.persistence.CascadeType;
import javax.persistence.Column;
import javax.persistence.Entity;
import javax.persistence.EnumType;
import javax.persistence.Enumerated;
import javax.persistence.FetchType;
import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
import javax.persistence.GenerationType;
import javax.persistence.Id;
import javax.persistence.Index;
import javax.persistence.JoinColumn;
import javax.persistence.JoinTable;
import javax.persistence.Lob;
import javax.persistence.ManyToMany;
import javax.persistence.OneToOne;
import javax.persistence.PrePersist;
import javax.persistence.PreUpdate;
import javax.persistence.Table;
import javax.persistence.Temporal;
import javax.persistence.TemporalType;
import javax.validation.constraints.NotEmpty;
import org.hibernate.annotations.CreationTimestamp;
import org.hibernate.annotations.ResultCheckStyle;
import org.hibernate.annotations.SQLDelete;
import org.hibernate.annotations.Type;
import org.hibernate.annotations.UpdateTimestamp;
import org.hibernate.annotations.Where;

import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnoreProperties;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude.Include;
import com.social.api.address.Address;
import com.social.api.user.role.Role;

import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
import lombok.Getter;
import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
import lombok.Setter;
import lombok.ToString;

@Setter
@Getter
@ToString
@AllArgsConstructor
@NoArgsConstructor
@JsonInclude(value = Include.NON_NULL)
public class User implements Serializable {

    private static final long serialVersionUID       = 1L;

    private Long              id;

    private String            firstName;

    private String            lastName;

    private String            email;

    private String            password;

    private String            phoneNumber;

    private Date              dateOfBirth;

    private String            aboutMe;

    private String            profileImageUrl;

    private String            coverImageUrl;

    private Date              passwordExpirationDate;

    private Integer           invalidPasswordCounter = 0;


}