This would be just the generated Protobuf sources but with a Kotlin API? Is there a problem with generating those inside your own project? (At least in C++ we also try to hide the Protobuf messages, I suppose we can't quite do that in Java easily.)
On Mon, Mar 7, 2022, at 09:13, Gavin Ray wrote: > I'm curious whether folks think it would be reasonable to upstream an > optional Kotlin submodule that uses the Kotlin code generator for FlightSQL? > > Or would this be better off as a personal repository? > > The Rust FlightSQL API is a fair bit nicer due to the syntax. > The Kotlin Protobuf plugin produces an API very similar: > *https://github.com/wangfenjin/arrow-datafusion/pull/1/files#diff-d942c264020a5d47b87deaca1b1064b53f3819a8f90764fad8fa3c2b9ccf6225R82-R92 > <https://github.com/wangfenjin/arrow-datafusion/pull/1/files#diff-d942c264020a5d47b87deaca1b1064b53f3819a8f90764fad8fa3c2b9ccf6225R82-R92>* > > This module would allow writing the below: > > DiceSeries series = DiceSeries.newBuilder() > .addRoll(DiceRoll.newBuilder() > .setValue(5)) > .addRoll(DiceRoll.newBuilder() > .setValue(20) > .setNickname("critical hit")) > .build() > > As: > > val series = diceSeries { > rolls = listOf( > diceRoll { value = 5 }, > diceRoll { > value = 20 > nickname = "critical hit" > } > ) > }
