diff --git a/annotations/annotation-processing/pom.xml b/annotations/annotation-processing/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6d07394b87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/annotations/annotation-processing/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+
+
+ 4.0.0
+
+
+ com.baeldung
+ 1.0.0-SNAPSHOT
+ annotations
+ ../
+
+
+ annotation-processing
+
+
+ 1.0-rc2
+ 3.5.1
+
+
+
+
+
+ com.google.auto.service
+ auto-service
+ ${auto-service.version}
+ provided
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ org.apache.maven.plugins
+ maven-compiler-plugin
+ ${maven-compiler-plugin.version}
+
+ 1.8
+ 1.8
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/annotations/annotation-processing/src/main/java/com/baeldung/annotation/processor/BuilderProcessor.java b/annotations/annotation-processing/src/main/java/com/baeldung/annotation/processor/BuilderProcessor.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0883e108e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/annotations/annotation-processing/src/main/java/com/baeldung/annotation/processor/BuilderProcessor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+package com.baeldung.annotation.processor;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.PrintWriter;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import javax.annotation.processing.*;
+import javax.lang.model.SourceVersion;
+import javax.lang.model.element.Element;
+import javax.lang.model.element.TypeElement;
+import javax.lang.model.type.ExecutableType;
+import javax.tools.Diagnostic;
+import javax.tools.JavaFileObject;
+
+import com.google.auto.service.AutoService;
+
+@SupportedAnnotationTypes("com.baeldung.annotation.processor.BuilderProperty")
+@SupportedSourceVersion(SourceVersion.RELEASE_8)
+@AutoService(Processor.class)
+public class BuilderProcessor extends AbstractProcessor {
+
+ @Override
+ public boolean process(Set extends TypeElement> annotations, RoundEnvironment roundEnv) {
+ for (TypeElement annotation : annotations) {
+
+ Set extends Element> annotatedElements = roundEnv.getElementsAnnotatedWith(annotation);
+
+ Map> annotatedMethods = annotatedElements.stream()
+ .collect(Collectors.partitioningBy(element ->
+ ((ExecutableType) element.asType()).getParameterTypes().size() == 1
+ && element.getSimpleName().toString().startsWith("set")));
+
+ List setters = annotatedMethods.get(true);
+ List otherMethods = annotatedMethods.get(false);
+
+ otherMethods.forEach(element ->
+ processingEnv.getMessager().printMessage(Diagnostic.Kind.ERROR,
+ "@BuilderProperty must be applied to a setXxx method with a single argument", element));
+
+ if (setters.isEmpty()) {
+ continue;
+ }
+
+ String className = ((TypeElement) setters.get(0).getEnclosingElement()).getQualifiedName().toString();
+
+ Map setterMap = setters.stream().collect(Collectors.toMap(
+ setter -> setter.getSimpleName().toString(),
+ setter -> ((ExecutableType) setter.asType())
+ .getParameterTypes().get(0).toString()
+ ));
+
+ try {
+ writeBuilderFile(className, setterMap);
+ } catch (IOException e) {
+ e.printStackTrace();
+ }
+
+ }
+
+ return true;
+ }
+
+ private void writeBuilderFile(String className, Map setterMap) throws IOException {
+
+ String packageName = null;
+ int lastDot = className.lastIndexOf('.');
+ if (lastDot > 0) {
+ packageName = className.substring(0, lastDot);
+ }
+
+ String simpleClassName = className.substring(lastDot + 1);
+ String builderClassName = className + "Builder";
+ String builderSimpleClassName = builderClassName.substring(lastDot + 1);
+
+ JavaFileObject builderFile = processingEnv.getFiler().createSourceFile(builderClassName);
+ try (PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(builderFile.openWriter())) {
+
+ if (packageName != null) {
+ out.print("package ");
+ out.print(packageName);
+ out.println(";");
+ out.println();
+ }
+
+ out.print("public class ");
+ out.print(builderSimpleClassName);
+ out.println(" {");
+ out.println();
+
+ out.print(" private ");
+ out.print(simpleClassName);
+ out.print(" object = new ");
+ out.print(simpleClassName);
+ out.println("();");
+ out.println();
+
+ out.print(" public ");
+ out.print(simpleClassName);
+ out.println(" build() {");
+ out.println(" return object;");
+ out.println(" }");
+ out.println();
+
+ setterMap.entrySet().forEach(setter -> {
+ String methodName = setter.getKey();
+ String argumentType = setter.getValue();
+
+ out.print(" public ");
+ out.print(builderSimpleClassName);
+ out.print(" ");
+ out.print(methodName);
+
+ out.print("(");
+
+ out.print(argumentType);
+ out.println(" value) {");
+ out.print(" object.");
+ out.print(methodName);
+ out.println("(value);");
+ out.println(" return this;");
+ out.println(" }");
+ out.println();
+ });
+
+ out.println("}");
+
+ }
+ }
+
+}
diff --git a/annotations/annotation-processing/src/main/java/com/baeldung/annotation/processor/BuilderProperty.java b/annotations/annotation-processing/src/main/java/com/baeldung/annotation/processor/BuilderProperty.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..84fcc73850
--- /dev/null
+++ b/annotations/annotation-processing/src/main/java/com/baeldung/annotation/processor/BuilderProperty.java
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package com.baeldung.annotation.processor;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.*;
+
+@Target(ElementType.METHOD)
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.SOURCE)
+public @interface BuilderProperty {
+}
diff --git a/annotations/annotation-user/pom.xml b/annotations/annotation-user/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f76f691f93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/annotations/annotation-user/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+
+
+ 4.0.0
+
+
+ annotations
+ com.baeldung
+ 1.0.0-SNAPSHOT
+ ../
+
+
+ annotation-user
+
+
+
+
+ com.baeldung
+ annotation-processing
+ ${project.parent.version}
+
+
+
+ junit
+ junit
+ 4.12
+ test
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ org.apache.maven.plugins
+ maven-compiler-plugin
+ 3.5.1
+
+ 1.8
+ 1.8
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/annotations/annotation-user/src/main/java/com/baeldung/annotation/Person.java b/annotations/annotation-user/src/main/java/com/baeldung/annotation/Person.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..23787ba4f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/annotations/annotation-user/src/main/java/com/baeldung/annotation/Person.java
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package com.baeldung.annotation;
+
+import com.baeldung.annotation.processor.BuilderProperty;
+
+public class Person {
+
+ private int age;
+
+ private String name;
+
+ public int getAge() {
+ return age;
+ }
+
+ @BuilderProperty
+ public void setAge(int age) {
+ this.age = age;
+ }
+
+ public String getName() {
+ return name;
+ }
+
+ @BuilderProperty
+ public void setName(String name) {
+ this.name = name;
+ }
+
+}
diff --git a/annotations/annotation-user/src/test/java/com/baeldung/annotation/PersonBuilderTest.java b/annotations/annotation-user/src/test/java/com/baeldung/annotation/PersonBuilderTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..72f9ac8bc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/annotations/annotation-user/src/test/java/com/baeldung/annotation/PersonBuilderTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package com.baeldung.annotation;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+public class PersonBuilderTest {
+
+ @Test
+ public void whenBuildPersonWithBuilder_thenObjectHasPropertyValues() {
+
+ Person person = new PersonBuilder()
+ .setAge(25)
+ .setName("John")
+ .build();
+
+ assertEquals(25, person.getAge());
+ assertEquals("John", person.getName());
+
+ }
+
+}
diff --git a/annotations/pom.xml b/annotations/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f691674cf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/annotations/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+
+
+
+ parent-modules
+ com.baeldung
+ 1.0.0-SNAPSHOT
+
+ 4.0.0
+
+ annotations
+ pom
+
+
+ annotation-processing
+ annotation-user
+
+
+
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diff --git a/core-java-8/pom.xml b/core-java-8/pom.xml
index 63df0e1b95..566eb4e43a 100644
--- a/core-java-8/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-8/pom.xml
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
4.0.0
+
com.baeldung
+ 1.0.0-SNAPSHOT
core-java8
- 0.1-SNAPSHOT
core-java8
@@ -111,6 +112,9 @@
+
+ UTF-8
+
1.7.13
1.0.13
diff --git a/core-java-8/src/test/resources/.gitignore b/core-java-8/src/test/resources/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 83c05e60c8..0000000000
--- a/core-java-8/src/test/resources/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-*.class
-
-#folders#
-/target
-/neoDb*
-/data
-/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/classes
-*/META-INF/*
-
-# Packaged files #
-*.jar
-*.war
-*.ear
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diff --git a/core-java-8/src/test/resources/test.txt b/core-java-8/src/test/resources/test.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..652d70630f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-java-8/src/test/resources/test.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Suspendisse facilisis neque sed turpis venenatis, non dignissim risus volutpat.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 33162777b7..37ed734567 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@
wicket
xstream
java-cassandra
+ annotations