So I've noticed that although everything compiles correctly, IntelliJ has difficulty understanding the generics going on in the hierarchy of builder classes. If you use methods from the parent in a chain, it returns the wrong class, though this doesn't really matter to the compiled code due to type erasure.
However, after much experimentation, I have figured out a rather monstrous line of generics that works properly. Now bear with me as we explore the dark depths of Java generics and fluent DSLs. https://gist.github.com/jvz/dd499ccddfb6ffc0336fe0308e32b344 Yes, it looks absolutely ridiculous, but it avoids a lot of IDE problems and more explicitly lays out the expectations of the builders themselves. What do you think? -- Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com>
