From Java Builders to Kotlin DSLs
From Java Builders to Kotlin DSLs Introduction DSLs - Domain Specific Languages - are an ever trending topic in Kotlin circles. They allow us to flex some of the most exciting language features while accomplishing more readable and maintainable solutions in our code. Today I'd like to show you how to implement a certain kind of DSL - we're going to be wrapping an existing Java Builder in Kotlin. No doubt you've come across the builder pattern in Java before, for example if you're an Android developer, you must've used an AlertDialog.Builder, an OkHttpClient.Builder, or a Retrofit.Builder at some point. Wrapping a builder like this is a good exercise in just pure DSL design. All you have to worry about is designing the API you provide with your wrapper, since…
