Boiling out Boilerplate

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Boilerplate

Boilerplate

@interface Foo : NSObject {
  Bar *_bar;
}
@property (retain) Bar *bar;
@end

@implementation Foo
@synthesize bar = _bar;

- (void)dealloc {
  [_bar release];
  [super dealloc];
}
@end

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Boilerplate

 
public final class Foo {

  private final Bar bar;

  public Bar getBar() {
    return bar;
  }

  public Foo(Bar bar) {
    this.bar = bar;
  }
}

101 chars

JSR 269

@AutoValue
public abstract class Foo {



  public abstract Bar getBar();



  public static Foo create(Bar bar) {
    return new AutoValue_Foo(bar);
  }
}

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JSR 269

@AutoValue
public abstract class Foo {



  public abstract Bar getBar();



  public static Foo create(Bar bar) {
    return new AutoValue_Foo(bar);
  }
}

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Boilerplate

 
public final class Foo {

  private final Bar bar;

  public Bar getBar() {
    return bar;
  }

  public Foo(Bar bar) {
    this.bar = bar;
  }
}

101 chars

Lombok

public class Foo {

  Bar bar;
}

23 chars

Lombok

@Value
public class Foo {

  Bar bar;
}

29 chars

Lombok

@Value
public class Foo {

  Bar bar;
}

29 chars

Groovy

 
class Foo {

  Bar bar
}

16 chars

Groovy

@Immutable
class Foo {

  Bar bar
}

26 chars

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• Annotation Processing API

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• Annotation Processing API

• Lombok & Hrisey

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• Annotation Processing API

• Lombok & Hrisey

• Groovy

Wrap up

• Annotation Processing API

• Lombok & Hrisey

• Groovy

• Talk is cheap

Wrap up

• Annotation Processing API

• Lombok & Hrisey

• Groovy

• Talk is cheap

• Wrap up

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