Object wrapper to easily create a retrofit client in Kotlin

RetrofitClient.kt

import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.module.SimpleModule
import com.fasterxml.jackson.module.kotlin.KotlinModule
import retrofit2.Retrofit
import retrofit2.converter.jackson.JacksonConverterFactory

/**
 * @return A callable instance of a retrofit client based on the provided API class 
 * 
 * @param baseUrl: The base URL for the api host
 * @param apiClass: A Java class instance of the (usually) interface that implements the method calls for the
 *                  various endpoints, annotated with the appropriate Retrofit annotations.
 * @params mapperModules: Optional list of modules to add to the Jackson object mapper (e.g. JodaModule)
 */
object RetrofitClient {
    fun <T> get(baseUrl: String, apiClass: Class<T>, mapperModules: List<SimpleModule> = emptyList()): T {
        val mapper = ObjectMapper()
            .registerModule(KotlinModule())
            .also { objectMapper ->
                mapperModules.forEach { objectMapper.registerModule(it) }
            }

        return Retrofit.Builder()
            .baseUrl(baseUrl)
            .addConverterFactory(JacksonConverterFactory.create(mapper))
            .build()
            .create(apiClass)
    }
}