Ok this is good. Let's see some healthy debating. :) What is the alternate API?
To me the bother is the extra build() call, but that's the pattern. Could an alt API be used and co-exist? Is making the ctor an option? It would have to do some validation. Gary On Nov 20, 2012, at 16:59, Emmanuel Bourg <ebo...@apache.org> wrote: > Le 20/11/2012 20:01, Benedikt Ritter a écrit : > >> Please share your thoughts about the builder. > > Sorry Benedikt but I have to say I really don't like this design. I > prefer a simpler API for the reasons you mentioned in the disadvantages. > The minor improvements from the developer's point of view are much less > important than the ease of use from user's point of view. > > Emmanuel Bourg > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
