Automatically create builder for class in Eclipse

Question

Is there a way to use an automatic builder to create builder (Joshua Bloch's Builder Pattern) for classes in Eclipse? For example an option in the menu, a plugin or something else. I could not find anything under "Refactor".

Answer 1

You may want to look at lombok annotations to generate builders without the boiler plate code. For example:

@Builder public class MyPojo {     private String name; }  MyPojoBuilder.builder().name("yourame").build(); 

The limitation is that this doesn't seem to work with abstract classes.

Answer 2

Maybe I am late to the party.

Eclipse on its own does not provide a way to generate code to support builder pattern. However it can be extended through plugins to enhance the functionality.

There is this plugin that I use this:

https://github.com/henningjensen/bpep