BuilderProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultBuilderProvider, ImmutablesBuilderProvider, NoOpBuilderProvider
```
public interface BuilderProvider
```
A service provider interface that is used to detect types that require a builder for mapping. This interface could support automatic detection of builders for projects like Lombok, Immutables, AutoValue, etc.

Since:

1.3

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`BuilderInfo`	`findBuilderInfo(javax.lang.model.type.TypeMirror type)`	Find the builder information, if any, for the `type`.
`default void`	`init(MapStructProcessingEnvironment processingEnvironment)`	Initializes the builder provider with the MapStruct processing environment.

- Method Detail
  - init
```
default void init(MapStructProcessingEnvironment processingEnvironment)
```
    Initializes the builder provider with the MapStruct processing environment.
    
    Parameters:
    
    processingEnvironment - environment for facilities
  - findBuilderInfo
```
BuilderInfo findBuilderInfo(javax.lang.model.type.TypeMirror type)
```
    Find the builder information, if any, for the type.
    
    Parameters:
    
    type - the type for which a builder should be found
    
    Returns:
    
    the builder info for the type if it exists, or null if there is no builder
    
    Throws:
    
    TypeHierarchyErroneousException - if the type that needs to be visited is not ready yet, this signals the MapStruct processor to postpone the generation of the mappers to the next round
    
    MoreThanOneBuilderCreationMethodException - if type has more than one method that can create the builder