I can do `Class<T>.newInstance()` to invoke ...

# stdlib

[Zoltan Demant]

I can do Class<T>.newInstance() to invoke a no-args constructor of T. Is it possible to do something similar for an object in kotlin while only having access to Class<T> where I know that T is an object, without using reflection?

[Zoltan Demant]

T::class.objectInstance seems to do what I want, but with the help of reflection.

[ephemient]

there's not much you can do with a Class<?> aside from reflection. or are you not counting Java reflection?

[Zoltan Demant]

Slowly learning that 😞 I dont want to use java reflection either.

[spand]

Maybe you can reorder your code and accept a () -> T (the constructor) and derive Class<T> from that

[Zoltan Demant]

@spand Normally that would work, but I dont have access to T directly unfortunately! Im parsing values from an okio buffer, so I can derive the Class<T> of the value, and based on that I know that certain T are objects, but I cant find a neat way to avoid boilerplate for all of them (there are roughly 50).