AbstractBuilder (FROST-Client 0.44 API)

java.lang.Object
- de.fraunhofer.iosb.ilt.sta.model.builder.api.AbstractBuilder<T>

Type Parameters:

T - the instance class type to build

All Implemented Interfaces:

Builder<T>

Direct Known Subclasses:

ExtensibleBuilder
```
public abstract class AbstractBuilder<T>
extends Object
implements Builder<T>
```
Base class for any Builder.
Any AbstractBuilder keeps a reference to the instance under construction. This reference is created thanks to newBuildingInstance() and finally returned when calling build()

Author:

Aurelien Bourdon

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Modifier Constructor Description

protected AbstractBuilder()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`T`	`build()`	Finalize the build of the instance under construction and get it
`protected T`	`getBuildingInstance()`	Get the instance under construction
`protected abstract T`	`newBuildingInstance()`	Create the new instance that will be build by this `AbstractBuilder`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - AbstractBuilder
```
protected AbstractBuilder()
```
- Method Detail
  - newBuildingInstance
```
protected abstract T newBuildingInstance()
```
    Create the new instance that will be build by this AbstractBuilder
    
    Returns:
    
    the new instance that will be build by this AbstractBuilder
  - getBuildingInstance
```
protected T getBuildingInstance()
```
    Get the instance under construction
    
    Returns:
    
    the instance under construction
  - build
```
public T build()
```
    Finalize the build of the instance under construction and get it
    
    Specified by:
    
    build in interface Builder<T>
    
    Returns:
    
    the created instance by this AbstractBuilder