net.karneim.pojobuilder
Annotation Type GeneratePojoBuilder

@Retention(value=SOURCE)
@Target(value={TYPE,METHOD})
public @interface GeneratePojoBuilder

Use this annotation for generating a fluent pojo builder.

Author:

karneim

Optional Element Summary

String	intoPackage Specifies the package of the generated builder.
Class<?>	withBaseclass Specifies the base class of the generated builder.
boolean	withCopyMethod Specifies whether a copy method should be generated.
boolean	withGenerationGap Specifies whether the generation gap pattern is used.
String	withName Specifies the name of the generated builder.

withBaseclass

public abstract Class<?> withBaseclass

Specifies the base class of the generated builder.

Returns:

the base class of the generated builder

Default:

java.lang.Object.class

withName

public abstract String withName

Specifies the name of the generated builder. Any asterisk will be replaced with the pojos simple name. Default is "*Builder".

Returns:

the name of the generated builder

Default:

"*Builder"

intoPackage

public abstract String intoPackage

Specifies the package of the generated builder. Any asterisk will be replaced with the pojos package. Default is "*".

Returns:

the package of the generated builder

Default:

"*"

withGenerationGap

public abstract boolean withGenerationGap

Specifies whether the generation gap pattern is used. If enabled this will generate two classes (instead of one), of which one contains the generated code. The other class is for handwritten code. To prevent it from being overwritten please move it out of the generated-sources folder. Default is "false".

Default:

false

withCopyMethod

public abstract boolean withCopyMethod

Specifies whether a copy method should be generated. The copy method will take an instance of the buileded class and will copy all its fields into the builder. This allows it to easily change one or more fields of immutable objects

Default:

false