Java Writer

JavaWriter is a utility class which aids in generating Java source files.

Source file generation can useful when doing things such as annotation processing or interacting with metadata files (e.g., database schemas, protocol formats). By generating code, you eliminate the need to write boilerplate while also keeping a single source of truth for the metadata.

Example

writer.emitPackage("com.example")
    .beginType("com.example.Person", "class", PUBLIC | FINAL)
    .emitField("String", "firstName", PRIVATE)
    .emitField("String", "lastName", PRIVATE)
    .emitJavadoc("Returns the person's full name.")
    .beginMethod("String", "getName", PUBLIC)
    .emitStatement("return firstName + \" \" + lastName;")
    .endMethod()
    .endType();

Would produce the following source output:

package com.example;

public final class Person {
  private String firstName;
  private String lastName;
  /**
   * Returns the person's full name.
   */
  public String getName() {
    return firstName + " " + lastName;;
  }
}

Download

Download the latest .jar or depend via Maven:

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.squareup</groupId>
  <artifactId>javawriter</artifactId>
  <version>(insert latest version)</version>
</dependency>

License

Copyright 2013 Square, Inc.

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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