The Java language spec lists 10 Java constructor types, including default, no-args, canonical, private parameterized, generic, overloaded and anonymous.

NetBeans 7.2 makes it easy to refactor the constructor with the long parameter list in the above example to take advantage of an instance of Builder.

Structures can now have a default constructor but you have to be careful how you use the structure to ensure that your constructor actually runs.

In the post NetBeans 7.2: Refactoring Parameterized Constructor As Builder , I looked at how NetBeans 7.2 supports refactoring a constructor to a builder as described in Item 2 of the Second ...

A constructor's name must be the same as the class, but there can be many different overloaded constructors, provided their list of parameters is uniquely different. Constructors may be explicitly ...