I have an object with a function which uses generi...

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[Marcus Fihlon]

I have an object with a function which uses generics:

import com.mongodb.client.MongoCollection
import org.litote.kmongo.KMongo
import org.litote.kmongo.getCollection
import kotlin.reflect.KClass

object PersistenceManager {

    fun <T : Any> createCollection(clazz: KClass<T>): MongoCollection<T> {
        val client = KMongo.createClient()
        val database = client.getDatabase("test")
        val collection = database.getCollection<clazz>()
        return collection
    }

}

The parameter clazz is shown as unused and the compiler complains Unresolved reference: clazz in the line val collection = database.getCollection<clazz>(). I don’t understand why. Can someone explain it to me and point me into the direction of a correct implementation, please?