Re: simple StringBuilder proposal
On 2/26/13 3:09 PM, Jan Burse wrote:
Joerg Meier schrieb:
On Tue, 26 Feb 2013 20:21:58 +0100, Jan Burse wrote:
Since append() returns the StringBuilder itself, you can also write:
sb.append("<input name=\"cx\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"")
.append(cseAccount)
.append(":")
.append(cseCode)
.append("\">\n");
There are a couple of methods in the JDK that are designed this way.
@Accessors (chain = true) from the wonderful Lombok does that too, and I
think it's a great pattern for certain cases such as classes with a
lot of
fields with sensible defaults, where one usually only wants to change one
or two out of a dozen (but usually different ones).
Liebe Gruesse,
Joerg
Do you mean the google builder pattern? It makes also use of it:
http://www.javacodegeeks.com/2012/07/builder-design-pattern-in-java.html
The pattern of a "Builder" is older than Google. So is chaining. Both
are useful techniques if applied appropriately. As with any pattern,
don't create a problem that is solved by your pattern, but know lots of
patterns and apply the right pattern to solve your specific problem.
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