Wow, there's Scala again. Amazing how it somehow always sneaks in. As to the topic at hand, I'd suggest submitting a request for enhancement. The right people (Tulach etc.) can probably have this done in a jiff with a check-box in the existing accessor wizard.
On Oct 12, 9:46 pm, Ricky Clarkson <[email protected]> wrote: > Scala's case classes plus named arguments really solve this well, > particularly if the calling code can be Scala too. > > case class Node(x: Float, y: Float) > > On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 8:42 PM, B Smith-Mannschott > > > > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > OK, so we've established that neither Eclipse nor Lombok will do what > > the OP needs. Are there any other alternatives? > > > I found myself needing something very similar only last week. In my > > case, it was for a simple immutable value type (using Lombok's > > lovely @Data) to which I wanted to add fluent builder style methods, > > e.g.: > > > @Data > > class Node { > > private final float x; > > private final float y; > > // Lombok generates getX(), getY(), but not setX(), setY() > > // because x, y are final. > > // Lombok generates Node(float x, float y) constructor > > // since x and y are final. > > Node withX(float x) { > > return new Node(x, y); > > } > > Node withY(float y) { > > return new Node(x, y); > > } > > } > > > I ended up firing up emacs and defining a ad-hoc keyboard macro > > to grind out the code for me. Yea! More boilerplate for the next > > developer to wade through! huzzah! > > > How difficult would it be for someone inexperienced with Lombok's > > internals to add something like this? > > > Stuff like this is why I'm glad there's more than just Java on the > > JVM. For example, a Lisp (like Clojure) makes this kind of code > > generation drudgery easy via its civilized [1] macro support. > > > [1] where uncivilized == the C preprocessor. > > > // Ben > > > On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 18:27, Reinier Zwitserloot <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> project lombok can do this without cluttering up your code: > >>http://projectlombok.org/(disclaimer: I'm a lombok developer). It > >> works in both eclipse and netbeans (and the command line). > > >> Eclipse has built in support to generate these (in the source menu, > >> "generate getters/setters"). I'm fairly sure netbeans has something > >> similar, no plugins required. They do actually stick text in your > >> source files that you then have to maintain, though, unlike Lombok. > > >> As far as I know none of these generate the 'return this' style > >> setter, because that style of setter does not adhere to the bean > >> standard. > > >> On Oct 12, 5:22 pm, Peter A Pilgrim <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> Hi Everyone > > >>> May be even Tor can help. > > >>> Has anyone come across a name value pattern plugin for NetBeans or > >>> Eclipse IDE? > >>> Given a class like this: > > >>> class Node { > >>> private float x; > >>> private float y; > >>> private float z; > > >>> } > > >>> The plugin generates the accessors and builder chain mutators > > >>> class Node { > >>> private float x; > >>> private float y; > >>> private float z; > > >>> public float getX() { return x; } > >>> public Node setX( float x ) { this.x = x; return this } > >>> public float getY() { return x; } > >>> public Node setY( float y ) { this.y = y; return this } > >>> public float getZ() { return z; } > >>> public Node setZ( float z ) { this.z = z; return this } > > >>> } > > >>> TIA > > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > >> "The Java Posse" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> [email protected]. > >> For more options, visit this group > >> athttp://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "The Java Posse" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
