com.jparams.object.builder

Class ObjectBuilder

java.lang.Object

com.jparams.object.builder.ObjectBuilder

public class ObjectBuilder
extends java.lang.Object

ObjectBuilder can create an instance of any class using a combination of reflection and pre-defined value providers. This can be used to generate dummy instances of objects. You can use ObjectBuilder as follows:

  ObjectBuilder.withDefaultConfiguration().buildInstanceOf(MyClass.class);
 

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
<T> Build<T>	buildInstanceOf(java.lang.Class<T> clazz) Create an instance of the given class.
<T,R extends T> Build<R>	buildInstanceOf(Type<T> type) Create an instance of the given type reference.
<T> Build<T>	buildInstanceOf(TypeReference<T> typeReference) Create an instance of the given type reference.
static ObjectBuilder	withConfiguration(Configuration configuration) Create an instance of ObjectBuilder with the given configuration.
static ObjectBuilder	withDefaultConfiguration() Create an instance of ObjectBuilder with default configuration.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

buildInstanceOf

public <T> Build<T> buildInstanceOf(java.lang.Class<T> clazz)

Create an instance of the given class.

Type Parameters:

T - type

Parameters:

clazz - class

Returns:

build

buildInstanceOf

public <T> Build<T> buildInstanceOf(TypeReference<T> typeReference)

Create an instance of the given type reference. Where this method differs from buildInstanceOf(Class) is that this supports creation of an object with generics. Example:

  ObjectBuilder.withDefaultConfiguration().buildInstanceOf(new TypeReference<List<String>>() {});
 

Type Parameters:

T - type

Parameters:

typeReference - type reference

Returns:

build

buildInstanceOf

public <T,R extends T> Build<R> buildInstanceOf(Type<T> type)

Create an instance of the given type reference. Where this method differs from buildInstanceOf(Class) is that this supports creation of an object with generics. Example:

  ObjectBuilder.withDefaultConfiguration().buildInstanceOf(Type.forClass(List.class).withGenerics(String.class));
 

Type Parameters:

T - type

R - return type

Parameters:

type - type

Returns:

build

withDefaultConfiguration

public static ObjectBuilder withDefaultConfiguration()

Create an instance of ObjectBuilder with default configuration. This is the same as calling:

  ObjectBuilder.withConfiguration(Configuration.defaultConfiguration());
 

Returns:

builder

withConfiguration

public static ObjectBuilder withConfiguration(Configuration configuration)

Create an instance of ObjectBuilder with the given configuration.

Parameters:

configuration - configuration

Returns:

builder