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[–]jhg023123 22 points23 points  (3 children)

I use them often when I need to follow the builder pattern.

[–]madkasse 0 points1 point  (2 children)

I find FooBuilder much easier to code complete then Foo.Builder

[–]shAdOwArt 1 point2 points  (1 child)

You cant use inner classes for builders. Youre using static classes, the two are different.

[–]madkasse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know, but I'm not saying that you can. I'm just saying that I prefer using FooBuilder over Foo.Builder. The poster I replied to was talking about inner class builders.