The builder-pattern tag has no usage guidance.
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How can I promote the use of the Builder pattern in my team?
Our codebase is old and new programmers, like myself, quickly learn to do it the way it's done for the sake of uniformity. Thinking that we have to start somewhere, I took it upon myself to refactor a ...
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Am I using the factory method design pattern correctly, or which creational pattern should I use?
I've been studying creational design patterns for the past week or so because I have a common use case that keeps coming up, and I can't figure out which pattern fits the bill.
Here is a simplified ...
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Constructor with tons of parameters vs builder pattern
It is well know that if your class have a constructor with many parameters, say more than 4, then it is most probably a code smell. You need to reconsider if the class satisfies SRP.
But what if we ...
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Pattern to use (if any) to co-ordinate loosely coupled classes with strong interdependencies
I have a collection of cooperative classes whose behaviors are interdependent upon one another. But I wish to keep them loosely coupled, so I've created appropriate interfaces.
I want to determine an ...
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Intelligent builder pattern - different parameters depending on type - generics?
Lets say we have the famous Joshua Bloch Nutrition Builder and we want to change it so it be a bit like dynamic builder which restricts visibility of setters and propably uses generics :
public ...
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Builder Pattern : Seperation of construction from representation
I am reading GoF, and the intent of builder is mentioned as to separate creation of complex object from its representation.
I couldn't understand what representation means in this context.
What does ...
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Is “StringBuilder” an application of the Builder Design Pattern?
Is the "Builder" pattern restricted to addressing the "telescoping constructor" anti-pattern, or can it be said to also address the more general problem of complicated creation of immutable objects?
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How to deal with constructors in large data classes [duplicate]
Several times now I have come across the situations where you have some kind of settings class that simply contains a mass of data. Often these classes are simply not valid without at least most of ...
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How/should I introduce a new pattern into my codebase [closed]
I have recently discovered the Builder pattern and the Step Builder pattern which are essentially just like object initialisers but with the Step Builder pattern you can add mandatory fields.
We have ...
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How should I handle incompatible configurations with the Builder pattern?
This is motivated by this answer to a separate question.
The builder pattern is used to simplify complex initialization, especially with optional initialization parameters). But I don't know how to ...
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When do I reuse or create a new Builder
I've implemented a Builder Pattern in a project I'm working on.
I'm using this design pattern to created Fields and Components (div, tables, panel (boostrap)).
So I have a Director Component class. ...
