The text discusses the use of the Builder pattern in object-oriented languages, particularly in Java, to control object construction. The author argues that this pattern is useful when there are multiple optional parameters and a complex inheritance hierarchy involved. They provide an example from the Vonage Java SDK, where a class `MessageRequest` has several subclasses with their own builders, which are used to construct instances of these classes. The builder pattern helps to ensure that the correct type is returned regardless of the order in which methods are called on the builder, and it also allows for fluent method chaining. However, the author notes that this approach can be verbose and requires careful consideration of the inheritance hierarchy involved.