Bug 460087 - @Accessors setter return type and value
Summary: @Accessors setter return type and value
Status: NEW
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Product: Xtend
Classification: Tools
Component: Core (show other bugs)
Version: 2.8.1   Edit
Hardware: All All
: P3 enhancement (vote)
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Reported: 2015-02-17 05:38 EST by RK Waters CLA
Modified: 2015-02-17 05:49 EST (History)
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Description RK Waters CLA 2015-02-17 05:38:50 EST 
The @Accessors annotation currently generates a setter method with the signature void setX(T x). This is in keeping with JavaBean conventions. However, it introduces a subtle change to the expected behaviour of assignment: normally, a = b returns b; however, when a is a property, a = b returns void. There are some idioms this breaks.

I think an option should be added to the annotation to allow for the generation of T setX(T x) where x is returned after assignment.