Re: simple StringBuilder proposal

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Wed, 27 Feb 2013 19:56:45 -0500

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On 2/27/2013 1:18 PM, Jan Burse wrote:

Jim Janney schrieb:

Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> writes:

On 2/26/13 3:09 PM, Jan Burse wrote:

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.

The general approach is sometimes called a fluent interface.

http://www.martinfowler.com/bliki/FluentInterface.html

So its not in the GoF book?

No. But GoF never claimed to be complete.

But the "pattern" rather feels
to me like a micro pattern, and not a full fledged pattern.
Since it doesn't realy solve a problem, its just cosmetics.

When Fluent interface is fully used, then it is more than just
cosmetics. It almost becomes a DSL.

Arne