Thoughts on Rust Builder Pattern?
Adam.S
Posted on June 13, 2021
Update with Playground Builder Code
Today I took a look at an interesting post related to JavaScript and the Builder Pattern
JavaScript Design Patterns - Builder
Coderslang: Become a Software Engineer ・ Jun 12 ・ 5 min read
#javascript
#webdev
#codenewbie
#beginners
This got me wondering about Rust and the Builder Pattern
This lead me to some interesting articles on the topic.
I presently have no opinion myself as I am rather new. But I was hoping some others with more experience might venture their opinions. It seems people are a bit split about the use of the Builder Pattern in rust.
You can access the Playound
The Gist
I used the following sample from Rust Unoffical as a starting point.
The code if you just want to see it:
#![allow(unused)]
#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
pub struct OTG<'a> {
model: String,
title: &'a str,
color: String,
max_temperature:u8,
max_time_selection:u8,
}
impl<'a> Default for OTG<'a> {
fn default() -> OTG<'a> {
OTG {
model: String::new(),
title: "OTG",
color: String::new(),
max_temperature: 150,
max_time_selection: 30,
}
}
}
impl<'a, 'b> OTG<'a> {
fn new(model: String, color: String) -> Self {
Self {
model,
color,
..OTG::default()
}
}
pub fn builder() -> OTGBuilder<'b> {
OTGBuilder::default()
}
}
#[derive(Default, Clone)]
pub struct OTGBuilder<'b> {
model: String,
title: &'b str,
color: String,
max_temperature:u8,
max_time_selection: u8
}
impl<'b> OTGBuilder<'b> {
pub fn new() -> Self {
Self {
model: String::new(),
color: String::new(),
title: "OTG",
max_temperature: 150,
max_time_selection: 30,
}
}
pub fn model(mut self, model: String) -> OTGBuilder<'b> {
self.model = model;
self
}
pub fn color(mut self, color: String) -> OTGBuilder<'b> {
self.color = color;
self
}
pub fn set_temp(mut self, temp: u8) -> OTGBuilder<'b> {
self.max_temperature = temp;
self
}
pub fn set_time(mut self, time:u8) -> OTGBuilder<'b> {
self.max_time_selection = time;
self
}
pub fn build(self) -> OTG<'b> {
OTG {
model: self.model.to_string(),
color: self.color.to_string(),
max_temperature: self.max_temperature,
max_time_selection: self.max_time_selection,
..OTG::default()
}
}
}
fn main() {
let otg = OTG::new("LG".to_string(), "Red".to_string());
println!("Model: {}, Color: {} Temp: {}, Time: {}",
otg.model, otg.color,
otg.max_temperature, otg.max_time_selection
);
let otg_builder1: OTG = OTGBuilder::new()
.model(String::from("Builder1"))
.color("Red".to_string()).build();
println!("Model: {}, Color: {} Temp: {}, Time: {}",
otg_builder1.model, otg_builder1.color,
otg_builder1.max_temperature, otg_builder1.max_time_selection
);
let otg_builder2: OTG = OTGBuilder::new()
.model(String::from("Builder1"))
.color("Red".to_string())
.set_temp(80).build();
println!("Model: {}, Color: {} Temp: {}, Time: {}",
otg_builder2.model, otg_builder2.color,
otg_builder2.max_temperature, otg_builder2.max_time_selection
);
let otg_builder3: OTG = OTGBuilder::new()
.model(String::from("Builder1"))
.color("Red".to_string())
.set_temp(80)
.set_time(50).build();
println!("Model: {}, Color: {} Temp: {}, Time: {}",
otg_builder3.model, otg_builder3.color,
otg_builder3.max_temperature, otg_builder3.max_time_selection
);
let otg_builder4: OTG = OTGBuilder::new()
.model(String::from("Builder1"))
.color("Red".to_string())
.set_time(50).build();
println!("Model: {}, Color: {} Temp: {}, Time: {}",
otg_builder4.model, otg_builder4.color,
otg_builder4.max_temperature, otg_builder4.max_time_selection
);
}
Looking forward to any comments and or responses.
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Adam.S
Posted on June 13, 2021
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