use Builder pattern from the constructor in a subclass

Question

I am currently using the Builder pattern, following closely the Java implementation suggested in the Wikipedia article Builder pattern http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Answer 1

You need:

public class MySophisticatedObject extends MyPrimitiveObject {
  private String description;

  public static class SofisitcatedBuilder extends Builder {
    private final MySophisticatedObject obj = new MySophisticatedObject();
    public MyPrimitiveObject build() { return obj; }
    public Builder setDescription(String val) {
     obj.description = val;
     return this;
    }
  }

  public MySophisticatedObject (String someDescription) {
    // this should be the returned object from build() !!
    return new SofisitcatedBuilderBuilder()
         .setDescription(someDescription)
         .setidentifier(generateUUID()).build()
  }     
}