“It compiles. It runs. But why doesn’t the JSP page update?” Fluent setters are tempting—but in legacy stacks, they can cause subtle, hard-to-find bugs.
Sergei Chernov’s guide helps weigh the risk—before prod breaks: https://javapro.io/2025/10/01/fluent-setter-breaking-the-convention/
Fluent setters reduce boilerplate, reveal object hierarchies, & simplify nested DTOs. But can they play nicely with inheritance? And what does the JavaBeans spec actually allow?
A deep dive into real code by Sergei Chernov: https://javapro.io/2025/10/01/fluent-setter-breaking-the-convention/
Want to use fluent setters in DTOs? #Spring Boot, Jackson & MapStruct support them. But java.beans.Introspector, JSP tags & legacy EE apps may silently fail.
Sergei Chernov maps the compatibility landscape. Read before refactoring: https://javapro.io/2025/10/01/fluent-setter-breaking-the-convention/
Is returning this from a setter harmless—or a silent bug? Fluent setters promise clean code, but can break conventions in #Java beans.Introspector, Commons-BeanUtils & more.
Sergei Chernov shows where they break & shine: https://javapro.io/2025/10/01/fluent-setter-breaking-the-convention/
🚨MAJOR RELEASE ALERT 🚨
Today we are launching BESSER v.4, with some massive improvements 👏🥳🎉:
✅ Project management: create new #modeling projects comprising different types of diagrams (#classdiagram, #statemachine, #objectdiagram...) in our #online #modeling #editor
✅Create object diagrams to model specific scenarios conforming to your class diagram
✅ #Evaluate #ocl constraints on your object diagram and get #feedback on whether your scenarios are #valid
✅ Plus many other improvements: #fluentapi, #rdf generation,...
📜https://github.com/BESSER-PEARL/BESSER/releases
⚙️https://github.com/BESSER-PEARL/BESSER
I can feel your #FOMO so don't wait any longer. Give it a try NOW ➡️ https://editor.besser-pearl.org/
Pls also reshare this post and drop a ⭐ on #github so that others can also benefit from our #opensource #lowcode #free #platform
#uml #ocl #classdiagram #database #sql #codegenerator #vibemodeling
New post: Fluent Internals
Part 4 of Crafting Fluent APIs dives into the type design behind RestClient: self-bounded generics, fluent states, and how the API stays clean on the surface.
https://poutsma-principles.com/blog/2025/06/03/fluent-internals/
New post: Responding to Real Usage
In Part 3 of Crafting Fluent APIs, I share how a conference demo led to a last-minute fix in WebClient's fluent API. Watch how people use your API, then improve it.
https://poutsma-principles.com/blog/2025/05/28/responding-to-real-world-usage/
🚨Announcement🚨
A new, version (2.1.0) of FluentContracts is LIVE!
We have brand new contracts available for "FileInfo", "DirectoryInfo", "Dictionary" and more!
Go, check it out!
Pls share 🙏
🚨 Announcement 🚨
A new, major version (2.0.0) of FluentContracts is LIVE!
Some refactoring + some new cool contracts:
- String.BeCreditCardNumber
- String.BeBase64
- DateTime.BeInThePast/Future
- DateTime.BeWeekend
Pls share🙏
🚨 Announcement 🚨
FluentContracts v1.4.0 has been released!
https://github.com/FluentContracts/FluentContracts/releases/tag/1.4.0
This version includes cool new "string" contracts like:
- BeEmailAddress - kudos to @matkoch
- BeIpAddress
- BeAlphanumeric
... and more!
And I am just getting started. Tons of others are in the making.
#dotnet #fluentapi
JAVAPRO
Jordi Cabot
Arjen Poutsma
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