com.google.auto.value

Annotation Type AutoBuilder

@Retention(value=CLASS)
 @Target(value=TYPE)
public @interface AutoBuilder

Specifies that the annotated interface or abstract class should be implemented as a builder. This is still unstable; uses outside Google may break.

A simple example:

    @AutoBuilder(ofClass = Person.class)
   abstract class PersonBuilder {
     static PersonBuilder builder() {
       return new AutoBuilder_PersonBuilder();
     }

     abstract PersonBuilder setName(String name);
     abstract PersonBuilder setId(int id);
     abstract Person build();
   }

See Also:

AutoBuilder User's Guide

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements

Modifier and Type	Optional Element and Description
java.lang.String	callMethod The static method from ofClass() to call when the build-method of the builder is called.
java.lang.Class<?>	ofClass The class or interface containing the constructor or static method that the generated builder will eventually call.

Element Detail

callMethod

public abstract java.lang.String callMethod

The static method from ofClass() to call when the build-method of the builder is called. By default this is empty, meaning that a constructor rather than a static method should be called. There can be more than one method with the given name, or more than one constructor, in which case the one to call is the one whose parameter names and types correspond to the abstract methods of the class or interface with the @AutoBuilder annotation.

Default:

""

ofClass

public abstract java.lang.Class<?> ofClass

The class or interface containing the constructor or static method that the generated builder will eventually call. By default this is the class or interface that contains the class or interface with the @AutoBuilder annotation.

Default:

java.lang.Void.class