Niels Basjes created AVRO-1633: ---------------------------------- Summary: Add additional setXxx(Builder) method to make user code more readable. Key: AVRO-1633 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-1633 Project: Avro Issue Type: Improvement Components: java Affects Versions: 1.8.0 Reporter: Niels Basjes Assignee: Niels Basjes Fix For: 1.8.0
The currently generated code contains these two methods for the Builder instances (code sample was simplified): {code}public Request.Builder setConnection(NetworkConnection value) public Request.Builder setConnectionBuilder(NetworkConnection.Builder value){code} My proposal: Add in addition the method: {code}public Request.Builder setConnection(NetworkConnection.Builder value){code} Advantage: You can do {{.setConnection(something)}} and pass either a {{NetworkConnection}} or a {{NetworkConnection.Builder}}. Disadvantage: Explicitly setting a {{null}} will trigger a "Multiple implementations" error and as such will need an explicit typecast. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)