kotlin-companion Questions

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I'm trying to understand the difference between using/not using @JvmStatic, and when I should use either one. So, with Kotlin and Java, I can do this: TestKotlin.kt class TestKotlin { companion...
Winstead asked 14/2, 2018 at 5:5

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What is the intended meaning of "companion object"? So far I have been using it just to replace Java's static when I need it. I am confused with: Why is it called "companion"? Does it mean that...
Knut asked 14/7, 2016 at 18:35

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The documentation for companion objects has the following example class MyClass { companion object Factory { fun create(): MyClass = MyClass() } } Here Factory is the name of the companion ob...
Chatoyant asked 24/8, 2017 at 5:18

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I have this Kotlin class: class Storage { companion object { val COL_ID = "id" } } and I want to use the COL_ID in my Java code: doSomething(Storage.COL_ID); but, the compiler tells me tha...
Io asked 23/3, 2019 at 17:16

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I would like to be able to access the simpleName of my class from it's companion object. I would like this: val o1 = Outer("foo") val o2 = Outer("bar") to print the following output: Outer: he...
Upheaval asked 31/1, 2018 at 2:15
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