in my class I need to use a string for a key name....

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[Colton Idle]

in my class I need to use a string for a key name. I want to make sure I don't typo. so I want to pull it out into a constant.

Option A:

const val SOME_KEY_NAME = "MY_KEY_NAME"

cons... pollutes everywhere else having access to this?

Option B:

companion object {
    const val SOME_KEY_NAME = "MY_KEY_NAME"
}

cons... people seem to look down upon companion objects. is there a way to just share the key name privately in the class?

[Colton Idle]

what would you choose in this case?