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# Rust Typed Builder
Creates a compile-time verified builder:
```rust
#[macro_use]
extern crate typed_builder;
#[derive(TypedBuilder)]
struct Foo {
// Mandatory Field:
x: i32,
// #[builder(default)] without parameter - use the type's default
// #[builder(setter(strip_option))] - wrap the setter argument with `Some(...)`
#[builder(default, setter(strip_option))]
y: Option<i32>,
// Or you can set the default
#[builder(default=20)]
z: i32,
}
```
Build in any order:
```rust
Foo::builder().x(1).y(2).z(3).build();
Foo::builder().z(1).x(2).y(3).build();
```
Omit optional fields(the one marked with `#[default]`):
```rust
Foo::builder().x(1).build()
```
But you can't omit non-optional arguments - or it won't compile:
```rust
Foo::builder().build(); // missing x
Foo::builder().x(1).y(2).y(3); // y is specified twice
```
## Features
* Custom derive for generating the builder pattern.
* All setters are accepting `Into` values.
* Compile time verification that all fields are set before calling `.build()`.
* Compile time verification that no field is set more than once.
* Ability to annotate fields with `#[builder(default)]` to make them optional and specify a default value when the user does not set them.
* Generates simple documentation for the `.builder()` method.
## Limitations
* The build errors when you neglect to set a field or set a field describe the actual problem as a deprecation warning, not as the main error.
* The generated builder type has ugly internal name and many generic parameters. It is not meant for passing around and doing fancy builder tricks - only for nicer object creation syntax(constructor with named arguments and optional arguments).
* For the that reason, all builder methods are call-by-move and the builder is not cloneable. Saves the trouble of determining if the fields are cloneable...
* If you want a builder you can pass around, check out [derive-builder](https://crates.io/crates/derive_builder). It's API does not conflict with typed-builder's so you can be able to implement them both on the same type.
## Alternatives - and why typed-builder is better
* [derive-builder](https://crates.io/crates/derive_builder) - does all the checks in runtime, returning a `Result` you need to unwrap.
* [safe-builder-derive](https://crates.io/crates/safe-builder-derive) - this one does compile-time checks - by generating a type for each possible state of the builder. Rust can remove the dead code, but your build time will still be exponential. typed-builder is encoding the builder's state in the generics arguments - so Rust will only generate the path you actually use.
## License
Licensed under either of
* Apache License, Version 2.0 ([LICENSE-APACHE](LICENSE-APACHE) or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
* MIT license ([LICENSE-MIT](LICENSE-MIT) or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
at your option.
### Contribution
Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted
for inclusion in the work by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall be dual licensed as above, without any
additional terms or conditions.