Retrofit

# android

[jw]

Retrofit

[James Coggan]

Thanks @jw, it was more about how the public APIs where written, ie retrofit in java uses a builder that you provider adapters, would you recommend the same structure in kotlin with all the null’s around?

[James Coggan]

or just work with lateinit/defaults for all of it?

[James Coggan]

to be more specific, lets say my lib builds an object that depends on another that you build if not started, would this be a good approach?

fun build() = {
            if (!::okHttpClient.isInitialized) {
                okHttpClient = defaultOkHttpClient(loggingInterceptor)
            }
...

[fuad]

@James Coggan @antonioleiva has some really nice examples of how using Retrofit in Kotlin can be much simpler than in Java

[fuad]

one sec I dig up some links

[James Coggan]

this more a builder question than retrofit 😉

[fuad]

ok, well anyway here’s a write up from him https://antonioleiva.com/retrofit-android-kotlin/

[jw]

To your specific example, I'd use nullable not lateinit

[jw]

If I rewrote Retrofit in Kotlin I wouldn't change much

[James Coggan]

thanks!

[James Coggan]

appreciate it

[James Coggan]

i did feel isInitialized is a bit of a smell

[James Coggan]

@fuad ty anyway