net.sf.mmm.util.lang.api

Interface Builder<T>

Type Parameters:

T - the type of the object to build.

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractCollectionValidatorBuilder, AbstractMapValidatorBuilder, AbstractProperty.PropertyBuilder, CharSequenceValidatorBuilder, CompareableValidatorBuilder, ComplexValidatorBuilder, NumberValidatorBuilder, ObjectValidatorBuilder, ValidatorBuilderBigDecimal, ValidatorBuilderBoolean, ValidatorBuilderCharSequence, ValidatorBuilderCollection, ValidatorBuilderCollectionOfString, ValidatorBuilderDouble, ValidatorBuilderFloat, ValidatorBuilderInstant, ValidatorBuilderInteger, ValidatorBuilderLocalDate, ValidatorBuilderLocalDateTime, ValidatorBuilderLong, ValidatorBuilderMap, ValidatorBuilderObject, ValidatorBuilderString, ValidatorBuilderTime

public interface Builder<T>

This is the generic interface for a builder. A builder is an object following the builder-pattern in order to build some object using a simple and fluent API.

Since:

7.1.0

Author:

hohwille

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
T	build() Creates a new instance of the object to build.

Method Detail

build

T build()

Creates a new instance of the object to build. If the Builder is reused, any additional changes to the Builder shall NOT have any effect on instances previously returned by this method.

Returns:

the object to build.