Once withers land, I think you could approximate this by letting your record class have a zero argument constructor which sets every field to some blank value, and then fill the fields using `with`.
var x = new Car() with { make = "Volvo"; year = "2023"; };
If you want the Car constructor to enforce constraints, you could use this pattern in a separate Builder record:
record Car(String make, String year) {
Car {
Objects.requireNonNull(make);
Objects.requireNonNull(year);
}
record Builder(String make, String year) {
Builder() {
this(null, null);
}
Car build() {
return new Car(make, year);
}
}
}
var x = new Car.Builder() with { make = "Volvo"; year = "2023"; }.build();
So much syntax to enable something that other languages have had for 10+ years. That's why I can't take the "Java is as good as Kotlin now" arguments seriously.