🎬 Canonical Constructor
– The Long Way
We begin with a record named FrenchActor. We want to ensure that no actor has a negative number of awards. Here's how we could write this using a canonical constructor (with full parameter declaration):
Here, we are manually repeating the record components in the constructor signature and assigning them to fields. It works, but it’s verbose and repetitive.
🎬 Compact Constructor – The Elegant Way
To simplify things, records let us declare a compact constructor. The parameter list is implied, and the assignments to fields are done automatically:
This version is cleaner, avoids repetition, and still performs the same validation logic. It's ideal when you want to keep things concise.
🍿 Example Usage
Let’s create a few actors:
✅ Summary
🟣 Use a canonical constructor if you need full control and explicit field assignment.
🟣 Prefer a compact constructor in records to keep the code clean and readable.
🟣 Validation logic works identically in both.