Prototype

Prototype provides a concise syntax to define data (and value) types. It saves developers the need to write repetitive boilerplate code and writes it instead of them.

Prototype based classes are immutable and disallow null as field values by default. This behavior can be overriden using the provided annotations.

Prototype is required only in compile time and requires JDK 1.6 or later.

Getting started

Prototype is only required in compile time. The generated classes do not need the Prototype library.

Using maven

Just add dependency to the library:

<dependency>
    <groupId>io.kimia</groupId>
    <artifactId>prototype</artifactId>
    <version>0.1</version>
    <scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>

Manually

Since Prototype has no dependencies, just add our jar to your classpath while running javac.

Simple Usage

Here's an example of a prototype of a point's prototype. This prototype:

import io.kimia.prototype.Prototype;
@Prototype class _Point { int x, y; }

Will produce:

public final class Point {
    private final int x;
    private final int y;
    public Point(int x, int y) {...}
    public int getX() {...}
    public int getY() {...}
    @Override public int hashCode() {...}
    @Override public boolean equals(Object o) {...}
    @Override public String toString() {...}
}

Advanced Usage

The prototype library includes variations to the default @Prototype annotation:

• @Mutable - generates mutability for all the fields or for selected fields.
• @Nullable - allows a field to hold null as a value.

For more in depth explanation, see the API documentation.

License

Prototype is licesnsed under MIT. Full license here.