Java record withers what and when http://steinar.bang.priv.no/?p=650 #noxp #java_programming #beans #boiler_plate #builders #builder_pattern #fluent_api #immutability #java #lombok #programming This blog post is the result of searching the internet to find out what Java records with “withers” will look like and in what version of Java records with withers will arrive. In addition, while trying to figure out Java withers, I discovered that reforming my current beans with builders into records wi

Build beans better with builders http://steinar.bang.priv.no/?p=480 #java_programming #beans #boiler_plate #builders #builder_pattern #fluent_api #immutability #java #lombok #programming Builders provide a nice, if verbose, way to create immutable java beans. The upsides are a nice syntax for creating immutable beans, and a way to provide copy-on-write behaviour for immutable objects. The downsides are the need for verbose boilerplate code, approximately doubling the code size of the bean sourc