here's some context:

# getting-started

[Hullaballoonatic]

here's some context:

[Hullaballoonatic]

class WhereClause(
    var conditional: String = emptyString,
    var table: DatabaseTable = DatabaseTable.NONE,
    var postgreFunction: String = emptyString,
    var comparison: String = emptyString,
    var fieldName: String = emptyString,
    var tableName: String = table.tableName
) {
    override fun toString(): String {
        val whereClause = StringBuilder(SPACE)

        if (conditional.isNotEmpty)
            whereClause.append(conditional).append(SPACE)

        if (postgreFunction.isNotEmpty && postgreFunction !== ANY)
            whereClause.append(postgreFunction).append(OPEN_FUNCTION)

        if (tableName.isNotEmpty)
            whereClause.append(tableName).append(TABLE_FIELD_SEPARATOR)

        whereClause.append(fieldName)

        if (postgreFunction.isNotEmpty && postgreFunction !== ANY)
            whereClause.append(CLOSE_FUNCTION)

        whereClause.append(SPACE).append(comparison)

        if (comparison !== IS_NULL && comparison !== IS_NOT_NULL) {
            whereClause.append(SPACE)

            if (postgreFunction === ANY)
                whereClause.append(postgreFunction).append(OPEN_FUNCTION)

            whereClause.append(PARAMETER_PLACEHOLDER)

            if (postgreFunction === ANY)
                whereClause.append(CLOSE_FUNCTION)
        }

        return whereClause.toString()
    }

    fun validate(initialClause: Boolean): Boolean =
        when {
            !initialClause && conditional.isEmpty -> false
            fieldName.isBlank                     -> false
            comparison.isEmpty                    -> false
            else                                  -> true
        }

    companion object {
        operator fun invoke(init: WhereClause.() -> Unit) = WhereClause().apply(init)
    }
}

[Hullaballoonatic]

well, didn't want to flood the channel with an unnecessary wall of text, but it's kinda unreadable with word wrap like this...

[gcx11]

What about using gist or something like that?

[Shawn]

lol, that’s what snippets are for

[Hullaballoonatic]

🤷

[Shawn]

regardless, from what I can tell, kwargs in the constructor would still fit your use case

[Shawn]

since whomever’s looking to build the clause would still pick the fields they need and the default values would populate the fields they don’t

[Shawn]

but it’s your code, you’ve got the 30,000 foot view

[Hullaballoonatic]

i'm trying to learn as much as i can, and practicing. this code isn't vital, but i'm always open to better ideas