.withoutCustomer()

[nbudzyn]

I'm using PojoBuilder withBuilderProperties, which is great to stick stuff together.

However, I'm experiencing some pain when setting properties to null. As .withCustomer(null) would be ambiguous, I have to write something like .withCustomer((Customer) null).

Wouldn't it be nice if we had no-args methods like .withoutCustomer(), setting the customer property to null?

[mkarneim]

Err, I see what you mean...

I have to think about how this could be realized.
For example, I guess we have to provide not only a flag which defines if these 'without' methods should be generated, but also the concrete name of these methods (since you also can define the name of the 'with' methods...)

[nbudzyn]

I have to think about how this could be realized.

Great!

withUnsetterProperties = true, withUnsetterNamePattern = "without*"?

Which would yield .withoutCustomer().

[pleibfried]

I'd just like to say that I would very much welcome this feature, too :-)

[Adrodoc]

There is a really nice workaround for this if you are using @GeneratePojoBuilder(withBuilderProperties=Builder.class). Add a method called $null():

public static <T> Builder<T> $null() {
  return () -> null;
}

And use that method instead of a null value:

.withCustomer($null())