Hi!!
I’ve tried to implement a Builder pattern des...
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moizest89
04/26/2019, 3:49 PMHi!!
I’ve tried to implement a Builder pattern design in Kotlin but on internet find a different ways to do.
Does anyone have an idea the best way to implement one? 😬
Thanks!!!
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tddmonkey
04/26/2019, 3:56 PMTo use in kotlin or from other JVM languages?
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moizest89
04/26/2019, 3:58 PMFor use in Kotlin and Android
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Casey Brooks
04/26/2019, 4:01 PMKotlin prefers the type-safe DSL-style builders to the traditional Java-style builders https://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/type-safe-builders.html
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moizest89
04/26/2019, 4:07 PM??
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tddmonkey
04/26/2019, 4:10 PMIt might be better to explain what you’re trying to achieve. The usual builder pattern isn’t usually required in kotlin due to defaults and named params
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Cody Engel
04/26/2019, 6:04 PMYeah default + named params are basically what the builder pattern does. I haven’t had a need for builders over the last 3ish years with Kotlin.
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Shawn A
04/26/2019, 10:06 PMThey are useful for wrapping crappy java APIs. Like the aws SDK builders.
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tddmonkey
04/27/2019, 6:25 PMThe SDK builders are the builder pattern! I found it more useful to do a full on DSL for the AWS SDK
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