Automatically create builder for class in Eclipse

Solution 1:

You may want to look at lombok annotations to generate builders without the boiler plate code. For example:

@Builder
public class MyPojo {
    private String name;
}

MyPojoBuilder.builder().name("yourame").build();

The limitation is that this doesn't seem to work with abstract classes.

Solution 2:

Maybe I am late to the party.

Eclipse on its own does not provide a way to generate code to support builder pattern. However it can be extended through plugins to enhance the functionality.

There is this plugin that I use this:

https://github.com/henningjensen/bpep

Edit: After 5 years, revisiting this topic, would recommend to use lombok that has become industry standard anyway and is also IDE agnostic ==> would work if your team mates use a variety of IDEs.

Solution 3:

I currently use Spark Builder Generator with Eclipse Neon.1a Release (4.6.1) and it works well.

• https://marketplace.eclipse.org/content/sparkbuildergenerator
• https://github.com/helospark/SparkBuilderGenerator

You can set the preferences under:
Window->Preferences->Java->Spark Builder Generator