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Niels Basjes updated AVRO-1633:
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    Description: 
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 may be considered breaking backward compatibility!



  was:
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.




> 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
>
>         Attachments: AVRO-1633-2015-01-20-v1.patch
>
>
> 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 may be considered breaking backward compatibility!



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