#boilerplate-reduction

#boilerplate-reduction

Everything in Python is an object, or so the saying goes. If you want to create your own custom objects, with their own properties and methods, you use Python's class object to do it. But creating classes in Python sometimes means writing loads of repetitive, boilerplate code; for example, to set up the class instance from the parameters passed to it or to create common functions like comparison operators.

Records in Java are a newer kind of class for holding data. Instead of writing boilerplate code for constructors, accessors, equals(), hashCode(), and toString(), you just declare the fields and let the Java compiler handle the rest. This article introduces you to Java records, including examples of basic and advanced use cases and a few programming scenarios where you should not use them.