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A design pattern is a general reusable solution to a commonly occurring problem in software design.

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Why should a builder be an inner class instead of in its own class file?

There is no "should" in this case. Defining a builder inside another class or having it separate is orthogonal to the Builder pattern. Many examples do this due to convenience of presenting the code i …
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