[aerogear-dev] Android: some questions

Howdy! I took a quick look at the Android API. Below are a few questions: * AeroGear.java - Is the class 'just' a util, that offers static methods? If so, should have a private ctor and be final (since a private default ctor prevents inheritance anyways) - is the API_KEY really needed? Not sure, but I think that (the API_KEY) is _perhaps_ something on-top of a networking client lib, needed when entering the real 'BaaS' market, where our lib. is used against a (specific) 'backend provider'. * Utils.java - related to the API_key, I think the X-AeroGear-Client header needs to be defined/discussed - but IMO the AeroGear client lib should work also without such a key, when accessing a simple JAX-RS (read: RestEasy) service; Of course, when 'cloud provider' start using our bits, something like API_KEY is a must. - the 'delete' is public; the others (e.g. post) not... * Pipe.java - how to update an existing item? For instance in JS/iOS we use save which does an 'add' if there is no _id_ or issues an 'update' if the entity already exisits (e.g. has an _id_). There is no concept of a 'pipeline', but I guess (at least for now) on "Java" (aka Android) a typed list (e.g. List<Pipe> pipeline;) is good enough, right? But on the other hand, than it's up to the user of the api to 'manage' all the pipes (server connections). Cheers, Matthias -- Matthias Wessendorf blog: http://matthiaswessendorf.wordpress.com/ sessions: http://www.slideshare.net/mwessendorf twitter: http://twitter.com/mwessendorf