Question about Pod API

[sfc-gh-aivanou]

Hello.
I am curious about some API decisions, in particular why:

kubernetesClient.pods().inNamespace("my_namespace").withName("my_pod")

returns PodResource, but

kubernetesClient.pods().inNamespace("my_namespace").list().getItems().get(0)

returns Pod object?

It feels like inconsistency in API.

[shawkins]

It feels like inconsistency in API.

A PodResource, or any class extending Resource, is an entry point for further operations - delete, get, patch, etc. that operate over / return an actual instance of the Pod.

list is considered a similar operation - it returns the full response from the server, which includes the list metadata and actual instances.

Are you looking for something like the KubernetesClient.resourceList(...).resources() method that returns a list of Resources?

[sfc-gh-aivanou]

Got it, thank you very much for clarification!