In Java, a record is a new type ๐ of class that was introduced in Java 16. A record is a concise way to declare a class that is primarily used to store data ๐พ, similar to a struct in other programming languages.
When you define a record class in Java, the compiler automatically โ๏ธ generates a canonical constructor for the record. The canonical constructor is a constructor that takes all the record's components as parameters and assigns them to the corresponding instance variables.
For example, suppose you have a record class called Person with two components, name, and age. The canonical constructor for this record would look like this:
๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐(๐บ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐) {
๐๐๐๐.๐๐๐๐ = ๐๐๐๐;
๐๐๐๐.๐๐๐ = ๐๐๐;
}
๐ก Note that the canonical constructor is automatically generated by the Java compiler, so you do not need to explicitly define it in your code.
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