octylfractal/apt-creator

apt-creator

Annotation processor for making factory/creator implementations, like Auto Factory. Supports less features, but was written since Auto Factory had not updated to JDK 9+ in many months.

Usage

apt-creator is very similar to Auto Factory. Simply annotate your class with @GenerateCreator, and any parameters that should be injected (via JSR 330) with @Provided.

Multiple constructors are supported as long as they don't create duplicate signatures after any @Provided arguments are dropped.

The generated class will be named the same way that Auto Factory names factories. A top-level class Foo will generate FooCreator. A class Bar nested inside Biz will generate Biz_BarCreator. You may override the name like with Auto Factory by setting className, e.g. @GenerateCreator(className = "FezFactory") will generate a class named FezFactory. This allows for full control over the name if needed.