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Type:
Improvement
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Resolution: Unresolved
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Priority:
Major - P3
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Affects Version/s: None
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Component/s: IDL
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Server Programmability
Optional fields need to be set manually after construction of IDL-generated classes, which is cumbersome. Instead, IDL could generate constructor(s) that allow one to set optional arguments, perhaps through a builder API.
e.g.
auto foo = MyIdlStruct::builder(requiredArg1, requiredArg2).setOptionalArg("bar").build();
This would avoid the need to construct instances of IDL-generated classes in immediately invoked lambdas or over the course of multiple setX statements.