在网上看到很多介绍builder模式的文章，但总感觉难以理解，直到看了《Effective Java》一书对该模式的介绍，恍然大悟。
要介绍builder模式，不得不先讲解另外两种设计模式，帮助我们理解，分别是重叠构造器模式和java Bean模式，下面我会分别介绍。
如果让我们用一个类表示一个学生的信息，学生信息中姓名是必须的，且不可以修改，其他的域可选，有手机号、年龄、学院、专业、班级、寝室号等。我们先用重叠构造器模式来实现。这种模式，一般你需要提供一个只有必要参数的构造器，第二个有一个可选参数的构造器，第三个有两个可选参数的构造器，以此类推。
public class Student {
private final String name;
private final String mobile;
private Integer age;
private String school;
private String grade;
private String roomNumber;
public Student(String name, String mobile) {
this(name, mobile, null);
}
public Student(String name, String mobile, Integer age) {
this(name, mobile, age, null);
}
public Student(String name, String mobile, Integer age, String school) {
this(name, mobile, age, school, null);
}
public Student(String name, String mobile, Integer age, String school, String grade) {
this(name, mobile, age, school, grade, null);
}
public Student(String name, String mobile, Integer age, String school, String grade, String roomNumber) {
this.name = name;
this.mobile = mobile;
this.age = age;
this.school = school;
this.grade = grade;
this.roomNumber = roomNumber;
}
}
调用者实例化时需要选择对应的构造器：
Student sutdent = new Student("name", "13500000001", 18);
这个构造器可能会存在你不想设置的参数。调用者调用也会很不方便，如果弄错了参数顺序，编译器也不会出错。而且当参数很多的时候，代码会很多，很乱。重叠构造器最大的缺点就是不能很好的扩展大量的可选参数，而且难以阅读。
遇到大量可选参数时，我们可以考虑使用另一种设计模式，即JavaBean模式，想必大家应该很熟悉了。
public class Student {
private String name;
private String mobile;
private Integer age;
private String school;
private String grade;
private String roomNumber;
public String getName() {
return name;
}
public void setName(String name) {
this.name = name;
}
public String getMobile() {
return mobile;
}
public void setMobile(String mobile) {
this.mobile = mobile;
}
public Integer getAge() {
return age;
}
public void setAge(Integer age) {
this.age = age;
}
public String getSchool() {
return school;
}
public void setSchool(String school) {
this.school = school;
}
public String getGrade() {
return grade;
}
public void setGrade(String grade) {
this.grade = grade;
}
public String getRoomNumber() {
return roomNumber;
}
public void setRoomNumber(String roomNumber) {
this.roomNumber = roomNumber;
}
}
调用者调用时，只需要调用无参构造器实例化对象，并调用set方法设置参数：
Student student = new Student();
student.setName("name");
student.setMobile("13500000001");
student.setAge(18);
很明显，这样的代码创建实例更加容易，可读性也更好了。但是JavaBean也有他的不足，调用者需要调用多个set方法设置参数，如果参数过多，代码也会比较庞大。另外，JavaBean模式无法像重叠构造器那样保证参数的不可变性，即无法使用final修饰参数。
Builder模式很好的解决了这个问题，它既能保证像重叠构造器模式那样的参数安全性，也能保证代码的可读性。
public class Student {
private final String name;
private final String mobile;
private Integer age;
private String school;
private String grade;
private String roomNumber;
public Student(StudentBuilder builder) {
this.name = builder.name;
this.mobile = builder.mobile;
this.age = builder.age;
this.school = builder.school;
this.grade = builder.grade;
this.roomNumber = builder.roomNumber;
}
public String getName() {
return name;
}
public String getMobile() {
return mobile;
}
public Integer getAge() {
return age;
}
public void setAge(Integer age) {
this.age = age;
}
public String getSchool() {
return school;
}
public void setSchool(String school) {
this.school = school;
}
public String getGrade() {
return grade;
}
public void setGrade(String grade) {
this.grade = grade;
}
public String getRoomNumber() {
return roomNumber;
}
public void setRoomNumber(String roomNumber) {
this.roomNumber = roomNumber;
}
public static class StudentBuilder implements Builder<Student> {
private final String name;
private final String mobile;
private Integer age;
private String school;
private String grade;
private String roomNumber;
public StudentBuilder(String name, String mobile) {
this.name = name;
this.mobile = mobile;
}
public StudentBuilder setAge(Integer age) {
this.age = age;
return this;
}
public StudentBuilder setSchool(String school) {
this.school = school;
return this;
}
public StudentBuilder setGrade(String grade) {
this.grade = grade;
return this;
}
public StudentBuilder setRoomNumber(String roomNumber) {
this.roomNumber = roomNumber;
return this;
}
@Override
public Student build() {
return new Student(this);
}
}
}
调用者创建Student实例通过StudentBuilder就可以了，builder的set方法返builder本身，可以把调用连接起来。下面是代用示例：
new StudentBuilder("name", "13500000001")
.setAge(18).setSchool("school").build();
这样的调用代码是不是更简洁一些。同时我们还可以在Builde中增加对参数一些必要的参数校验。
