diff --git a/google-auto-project/README.md b/google-auto-project/README.md
index d45a113a8f..44dd6c5d61 100644
--- a/google-auto-project/README.md
+++ b/google-auto-project/README.md
@@ -8,3 +8,5 @@ This module contains articles about automatic code generation
- [Introduction to AutoFactory](https://www.baeldung.com/autofactory)
- [Google AutoService](https://www.baeldung.com/google-autoservice)
- [Defensive Copies for Collections Using AutoValue](https://www.baeldung.com/autovalue-defensive-copies)
+- [Java Annotation Processing and Creating a Builder](https://www.baeldung.com/java-annotation-processing-builder)
+
diff --git a/google-auto-project/annotation-processing/pom.xml b/google-auto-project/annotation-processing/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5c872c2059
--- /dev/null
+++ b/google-auto-project/annotation-processing/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+
+
+ 4.0.0
+ annotation-processing
+ annotation-processing
+
+
+ com.baeldung
+ google-auto-project
+ 1.0
+
+
+
+
+ com.google.auto.service
+ auto-service
+ ${auto-service.version}
+ provided
+
+
+
+
+ 1.0-rc2
+
+
+
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diff --git a/google-auto-project/annotation-processing/src/main/java/com/baeldung/annotation/processor/BuilderProcessor.java b/google-auto-project/annotation-processing/src/main/java/com/baeldung/annotation/processor/BuilderProcessor.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..18d8f9a8a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/google-auto-project/annotation-processing/src/main/java/com/baeldung/annotation/processor/BuilderProcessor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+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/google-auto-project/annotation-processing/src/main/java/com/baeldung/annotation/processor/BuilderProperty.java b/google-auto-project/annotation-processing/src/main/java/com/baeldung/annotation/processor/BuilderProperty.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..84fcc73850
--- /dev/null
+++ b/google-auto-project/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/google-auto-project/annotation-processing/src/main/resources/logback.xml b/google-auto-project/annotation-processing/src/main/resources/logback.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7d900d8ea8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/google-auto-project/annotation-processing/src/main/resources/logback.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+
+
+
+
+ %d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%thread] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
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diff --git a/google-auto-project/annotation-user/pom.xml b/google-auto-project/annotation-user/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c21a4ca03d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/google-auto-project/annotation-user/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+
+
+ 4.0.0
+ annotation-user
+ annotation-user
+
+
+ com.baeldung
+ google-auto-project
+ 1.0
+
+
+
+
+ com.baeldung
+ annotation-processing
+ ${project.parent.version}
+
+
+
+
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diff --git a/google-auto-project/annotation-user/src/main/java/com/baeldung/annotation/Person.java b/google-auto-project/annotation-user/src/main/java/com/baeldung/annotation/Person.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..23787ba4f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/google-auto-project/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/google-auto-project/annotation-user/src/main/resources/logback.xml b/google-auto-project/annotation-user/src/main/resources/logback.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7d900d8ea8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/google-auto-project/annotation-user/src/main/resources/logback.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+
+
+
+
+ %d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%thread] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
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diff --git a/google-auto-project/annotation-user/src/test/java/com/baeldung/annotation/PersonBuilderUnitTest.java b/google-auto-project/annotation-user/src/test/java/com/baeldung/annotation/PersonBuilderUnitTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d5f758089a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/google-auto-project/annotation-user/src/test/java/com/baeldung/annotation/PersonBuilderUnitTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package com.baeldung.annotation;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+public class PersonBuilderUnitTest {
+
+ @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/google-auto-project/pom.xml b/google-auto-project/pom.xml
index 839ccabc5f..034fea5aad 100644
--- a/google-auto-project/pom.xml
+++ b/google-auto-project/pom.xml
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
google-auto-project
1.0
google-auto-project
+ pom
+
com.baeldung
@@ -13,6 +15,11 @@
1.0.0-SNAPSHOT
+
+ annotation-processing
+ annotation-user
+
+
com.google.auto.value
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1618ac684f..87308ff0bd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -812,7 +812,6 @@
akka-modules
- annotations
httpclient-simple
antlr
apache-kafka
@@ -1086,7 +1085,6 @@
akka-modules
- annotations
antlr
apache-kafka
apache-kafka-2