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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +title: Email |
| 3 | +parent: Examples |
| 4 | +nav_order: 3 |
| 5 | +permalink: /examples/email/ |
| 6 | +description: A typestate protocol for a Email builder API. |
| 7 | +--- |
| 8 | + |
| 9 | +# Email |
| 10 | + |
| 11 | +This example models a builder-style API where methods must be called in a specific order to create a valid `Email` object. |
| 12 | + |
| 13 | +```java |
| 14 | +import java.util.ArrayList; |
| 15 | +import java.util.List; |
| 16 | +import liquidjava.specification.*; |
| 17 | + |
| 18 | +@StateSet({"empty", "senderSet", "receiverSet", "bodySet"}) |
| 19 | +public class Email { |
| 20 | + private String sender; |
| 21 | + private List<String> receiver; |
| 22 | + private String subject; |
| 23 | + private String body; |
| 24 | + |
| 25 | + @StateRefinement(to="empty()") |
| 26 | + public Email() { |
| 27 | + receiver = new ArrayList<>(); |
| 28 | + } |
| 29 | + |
| 30 | + @StateRefinement(from="empty()", to="senderSet()") |
| 31 | + public void from(String s) { |
| 32 | + sender = s; |
| 33 | + } |
| 34 | + |
| 35 | + @StateRefinement(from="senderSet() || receiverSet()", to="receiverSet()") |
| 36 | + public void to(String s) { |
| 37 | + receiver.add(s); |
| 38 | + } |
| 39 | + |
| 40 | + @StateRefinement(from="receiverSet()", to="receiverSet()") |
| 41 | + public void subject(String s) { |
| 42 | + subject = s; |
| 43 | + } |
| 44 | + |
| 45 | + @StateRefinement(from="receiverSet()", to="bodySet()") |
| 46 | + public void body(String s) { |
| 47 | + body = s; |
| 48 | + } |
| 49 | + |
| 50 | + @StateRefinement(from="bodySet()", to="bodySet()") |
| 51 | + public String build() { |
| 52 | + StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(); |
| 53 | + sb.append("From: " + sender + "\n"); |
| 54 | + sb.append("To: " + String.join(", ", receiver) + "\n"); |
| 55 | + sb.append("Subject: " + subject + "\n"); |
| 56 | + sb.append("\n"); |
| 57 | + sb.append(body); |
| 58 | + return sb.toString(); |
| 59 | + } |
| 60 | +} |
| 61 | +``` |
| 62 | + |
| 63 | +```java |
| 64 | +Email email = new Email(); |
| 65 | +email.from("me"); |
| 66 | + .to("bob"); |
| 67 | + .to("alice"); |
| 68 | + .subject("greetings"); |
| 69 | + .body("hello!"); |
| 70 | + .build(); |
| 71 | +``` |
| 72 | + |
| 73 | +```java |
| 74 | +Email email = new Email(); |
| 75 | +email.from("me"); |
| 76 | + .to("bob"); |
| 77 | + .build(); // type error! |
| 78 | +``` |
| 79 | + |
| 80 | +LiquidJava enforces the intended protocol: |
| 81 | + |
| 82 | +- The `from` must be set first |
| 83 | +- The `to` must be set at least once before setting the `body` |
| 84 | +- The `subject` is optional |
| 85 | +- The `build` is only allowed to be set after the body |
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