Super classes for model classes

[KKuehlem]

It would be great for better programming to have proper super classes for the model classes. For example, all WhatsApp model classes have fields like "from", "to", "messageId", "callbackData" and notfiyUrl (Inlcuding getters).
This also applies to the SendWhatsApp<...>Request classes and the object they return with the executeMethod.

For example, I want to have a method which sends the request to do some processing which is not dependent on the type of request, but using the current classes I have to do a lot of method overriding, duplicating code and e.g. using lamdas to send the requests instead of handling an abstract request.

[ib-plivaja]

Dear @KKuehlem ,

I apologize for the delay in my response. I appreciate your patience.

Could you kindly provide the code snippet related to processing the classes in question? Additionally, please specify the version of the infobip-api-java-client library that we should review.

Thank you for using our library, and I look forward to assisting you further.

Best regards,
Petra

[KKuehlem]

Thanks, but I already solved the problem for me. The version was 4.0.0, it is hard to share a snippet for this, because is is more of a broader problem / suggestion

[ib-plivaja]

Hi @KKuehlem,

this issue in the library is not in our focus at the moment. We will see in the future what we could do to achieve this.

Best,
Petra

[ib-tjuhasz]

Hi @KKuehlem,

Thank you for your suggestion! At the moment, introducing superclasses for WhatsApp model classes is not something we plan to do. However, we completely understand the challenges you’re facing with redundant code.

The good news is that WhatsApp will soon introduce a unified endpoint that will allow sending different message types (audio, video, image, text, etc.) through a single API call. This will significantly reduce the number of different request classes and eliminate a lot of duplicated code.

We’ve already implemented a similar improvement for Viber, where we replaced four separate endpoints (for sending text, image, file, and video messages) with a single unified endpoint:
https://www.infobip.com/docs/api/channels/viber/viber-business-messages/send-viber-messages

Best regards,
Tamás Juhász