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Arnold

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Arnold is a builder (and the generator) that guarantees all mandatory elements for instantiation.

This library uses annotation processor, so it generates the builder automatically on annotation processing phase if @ArnoldBuilder annotation is marked.

Synopsis

Basic usage

import net.moznion.arnold.annotation.ArnoldBuilder;
import net.moznion.arnold.annotation.Required;

@ArnoldBuilder
public class Example {
    @Required
    private String foo;
    @Required
    private int bar;
    @Required
    private double buz;
}

Then build the project, it generates builder(s). You can use the builder like so;

Example example = new ExampleBuilder().foo("foo")
                                      .bar(42)
                                      .buz(2.71828)
                                      .build();

With final field

import net.moznion.arnold.annotation.ArnoldBuilder;
import net.moznion.arnold.annotation.Required;

@ArnoldBuilder
public class Example {
    private final String foo;
    private final int bar;
    private final double buz;
    
    /**
     * This constructor is dummy. ArnoldBuilder requires no-arg constructor for instantiate.
     */
    Example() {
        this.foo = "";
        this.bar = 0;
        this.buz = 0.0;
    }
}

Then;

Example example = new ExampleBuilder().foo("foo")
                                      .bar(42)
                                      .buz(2.71828)
                                      .build();

The final field is treated as a necessary element even if @Required is not given.

Specify the order

You can specify the order of appearance the fields in the builder.

import net.moznion.arnold.annotation.ArnoldBuilder;
import net.moznion.arnold.annotation.Required;

@ArnoldBuilder
public class Example {
    @Required(order = 2)
    private String foo;
    @Required(order = 0)
    private int bar;
    @Required
    private double buz;
    @Required(order = 1)
    private boolean qux;
}

Then;

Example example = new ExampleBuilder().buz(2.71828) // order -1 (not specified)
                                      .bar(42)      // order 0
                                      .qux(true)    // order 1
                                      .foo("foo")   // order 2
                                      .build();

Lower values are processed first. If the same value is given, the one defined earlier will be processed first.

Note!

ArnoldBuilder requires the default (no-arg) constructor in the target class for instantiation.

Motivation

In a general builder (such as a builder that lombok generates) it is inconvenient, as it could potentially drop out the necessary elements. For example;

public class Example {
    private final String foo;
    private final String bar;
    private final String buz;

    private Example(final String foo, final String bar, final String buz) {
        this.foo = foo;
        this.bar = bar;
        this.buz = buz;
    }

    public static class Builder {
        private String foo;
        private String bar;
        private String buz;

        public Builder foo(final String foo) {
            this.foo = foo;
            return this;
        }

        public Builder bar(final String bar) {
            this.bar = bar;
            return this;
        }

        public Builder buz(final String buz) {
            this.buz = buz;
            return this;
        }

        public Example build() {
            return new Example(foo, bar, buz);
        }
    }
}

This builder works well, but...

new Builder().foo("foo")
             .buz("buz")
             .build(); // bar is missing!

It can create incomplete instances like this.

Arnold is developed to solve these problems. This library generates a Builder Class that guarantees all necessary elements in the phase of annotation Processing.

How does it work

Arnold uses annotation processor.

This library generates as many classes as the number of mandatory elements. The following example will be easy to understand.

new ExampleBuilder()       // => ExampleBuilder: receives `foo`
             .foo("foo")   // => ExampleBuilder1: receives `bar`
             .bar(42)      // => ExampleBuilder2: receives `buz`
             .buz(2.71828) // => ExampleBuilder3: buildable
             .build();     // => instance!

In other words, it generates one class for one required element. This may be a rich solution depending on the environment.

FAQ

Why not expand the lombok

I tried it first, but it was a hard way to expand the lombok (that is complicated!). When implementing a single feature simply as this library, it is easier to implement as an individual library.

Author

moznion (moznion@gmail.com)

License

The MIT License (MIT)
Copyright © 2018 moznion, http://moznion.net/ <moznion@gmail.com>

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