Extension deprecation notice - do Lombok users still need this

[jcrben]

There's an alert in the readme saying that "the embedded lombok.jar in the vscode-lombok extension will be deprecated in favor of RedHat Java extension".

Does this extension provide additional features which the RedHat Java extension does not? The notice suggests that this extension is somewhat deprecated but isn't clear as to whether it is entirely deprecated or just partially.

[testforstephen]

@jcrben Thanks for bringing up the concern. The original features in this Lombok extension, such as Lombok annotation compilation support, have been moved to the RedHat Java extension. In that sense, this extension is no longer needed.

Now this extension just contributes some new refactoring actions (e.g. Lombok / Delombok) for optimizing your code with Lombok.

• Lombok - Refactor code with Lombok annotations.
• Delombok - Remove annotations with actual methods.

See https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-lombok#overview for demo.

[PavelCibulka]

What about people that use Oracle's extension instead of Redhat?

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Oracle.oracle-java
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=redhat.java

[faketrader]

@PavelCibulka i have both plugins installed, the Oracle plugin appears unable to recognise Lombok annotations and flags the code with linter errors. the issue is resolved after i disable the Oracle plugin.

[PavelCibulka]

But oracle plugin is better then RedHat one. I would rather keep use oracle one.