/* * Copyright (C) 2013-2017 The Project Lombok Authors. * * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: * * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in * all copies or substantial portions of the Software. * * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN * THE SOFTWARE. */ package lombok.experimental; import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.*; import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.*; import java.lang.annotation.Retention; import java.lang.annotation.Target; /** * The builder annotation creates a so-called 'builder' aspect to the class that is annotated or the class * that contains a member which is annotated with {@code @Builder}. *

* If a member is annotated, it must be either a constructor or a method. If a class is annotated, * then a private constructor is generated with all fields as arguments * (as if {@code @AllArgsConstructor(AccessLevel.PRIVATE)} is present * on the class), and it is as if this constructor has been annotated with {@code @Builder} instead. *

* The effect of {@code @Builder} is that an inner class is generated named TBuilder, * with a private constructor. Instances of TBuilder are made with the * method named {@code builder()} which is also generated for you in the class itself (not in the builder class). *

* The TBuilder class contains 1 method for each parameter of the annotated * constructor / method (each field, when annotating a class), which returns the builder itself. * The builder also has a build() method which returns a completed instance of the original type, * created by passing all parameters as set via the various other methods in the builder to the constructor * or method that was annotated with {@code @Builder}. The return type of this method will be the same * as the relevant class, unless a method has been annotated, in which case it'll be equal to the * return type of that method. *

* Complete documentation is found at the project lombok features page for @Builder. *
*

* Before: * *

 * @Builder
 * class Example {
 * 	private int foo;
 * 	private final String bar;
 * }
 * 
* * After: * *
 * class Example<T> {
 * 	private T foo;
 * 	private final String bar;
 * 	
 * 	private Example(T foo, String bar) {
 * 		this.foo = foo;
 * 		this.bar = bar;
 * 	}
 * 	
 * 	public static <T> ExampleBuilder<T> builder() {
 * 		return new ExampleBuilder<T>();
 * 	}
 * 	
 * 	public static class ExampleBuilder<T> {
 * 		private T foo;
 * 		private String bar;
 * 		
 * 		private ExampleBuilder() {}
 * 		
 * 		public ExampleBuilder foo(T foo) {
 * 			this.foo = foo;
 * 			return this;
 * 		}
 * 		
 * 		public ExampleBuilder bar(String bar) {
 * 			this.bar = bar;
 * 			return this;
 * 		}
 * 		
 * 		@java.lang.Override public String toString() {
 * 			return "ExampleBuilder(foo = " + foo + ", bar = " + bar + ")";
 * 		}
 * 		
 * 		public Example build() {
 * 			return new Example(foo, bar);
 * 		}
 * 	}
 * }
 * 
* * @deprecated {@link lombok.Builder} has been promoted to the main package, so use that one instead. */ @Target({TYPE, METHOD, CONSTRUCTOR}) @Retention(SOURCE) @Deprecated public @interface Builder { /** @return Name of the method that creates a new builder instance. Default: {@code builder}. */ String builderMethodName() default "builder"; /** @return Name of the method in the builder class that creates an instance of your {@code @Builder}-annotated class. */ String buildMethodName() default "build"; /** * Name of the builder class. * * Default for {@code @Builder} on types and constructors: {@code (TypeName)Builder}. *

* Default for {@code @Builder} on methods: {@code (ReturnTypeName)Builder}. * * @return Name of the builder class that will be generated (or if it already exists, will be filled with builder elements). */ String builderClassName() default ""; /** * Normally the builder's 'set' methods are fluent, meaning, they have the same name as the field. Set this * to {@code false} to name the setter method for field {@code someField}: {@code setSomeField}. *

* Default: true * * @return Whether to generate fluent methods (just {@code fieldName()} instead of {@code setFieldName()}). */ boolean fluent() default true; /** * Normally the builder's 'set' methods are chaining, meaning, they return the builder so that you can chain * calls to set methods. Set this to {@code false} to have these 'set' methods return {@code void} instead. *

* Default: true * * @return Whether to generate chaining methods (each build call returns itself instead of returning {@code void}). */ boolean chain() default true; }