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For N and NBuilder, should N be an instance variable of NBuilder, or all parameters of N be instance variables of NBuilder,finally new N() in build()?

As far as I know about builder pattern, for example, an object, Student: public class Student{ private String name; private int age; //setter and getter } to apply builder pattern to ...
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Is it a code smell to have two different implementations of the builder design pattern, for the same model?

Shoutout to David Arno for teaching me about the builder design pattern via this thread! I have since used that pattern althroughout the code base to abstract out creating models from data stores, ...
Mike Warren's user avatar
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GoF Builder Pattern Applicability

The book Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software says to use the builder pattern when The algorithm for creating a complex object should be independent of the parts that make ...
Nishant Ingle's user avatar
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Is it wrong to extend an inner static class in java? (Builder pattern)

I'm working on a java project for the university. The project is a card game in which you travel around a 2D map and fight against some enemies. My part consists of creating the deck and the cards. I ...
Matteo Paolucci's user avatar
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Design pattern to force client of a class to call a method

I have a large class with complex properties. I'd like to introduce a default implementation, allow the user to override part of the default implementation and also make sure the user calls a sync ...
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