How to handle a static final field initializer that throws checked exception

Question

I am facing a use case where I would like to declare a static finalfield with an initializer statement that is declared to throw a checked exception. Typically,

Answer 1

You can use a method annotated with Lombok's @SneakyThrows

public static final ObjectName OBJECT_NAME = createObjectName();

@SneakyThrows(SomeException.class)
private static ObjectName createObjectName() {
    return new ObjectName("foo:type=bar");
}

This annotation makes a checked exception behaves like an unchecked one.