How to properly implement the Builder pattern in Kotlin considering language idioms?
Hi everyone! I'm new to Kotlin (migrating from Java) and trying to implement the Builder pattern for a class with many parameters. In Java, I usually created a static inner Builder class with set... and build() methods. But in Kotlin, I see many things work differently, and my Java approach looks cumbersome.
Here's what I'm trying to do:
```kotlin
class User(
val name: String,
val age: Int?,
val email: String?,
val phone: String?,
val address: String?,
val isActive: Boolean
)
```
I want only name to be required, the rest fields to be optional. In Java, I would write a Builder with methods like `setAge(age: Int): Builder`, but in Kotlin this looks unnatural. I tried using named arguments and default values, but that doesn't solve
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