Answer by Reto Weiss

Reto Weiss — Fri, 29 Apr 2016 08:28:08 -0400

This code here:

import example.Person.Builder;
import example.Company.Builder;

Person.Builder personBuilder = new Person.Builder();
Company.Builder companyBuilder = new Company.Builder();

does not work in Java as well. The compiler says:

The import test.Person.Builder collides with another import statement

In java and IvyScript the following works:

import test.Company;
import test.Person;

Person.Builder personBuilder = new Person.Builder();
Company.Builder companyBuilder = new Company.Builder();

If you are working with builders, we usally provide a static method to start building. E.g.:

public class Person
{
  public static Builder build()
  {
    return new Builder();
  }

  public static class Builder
  {}
}

Then you do not have to import the Builder itself. Simple use:

Person person = Person.build().withName("Weiss").withGender(Gender.MALE).toPerson();

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Answer by Reto Weiss