Hi everyone, In Java, the `Class.isAssignableFrom(...

# kotlin-native

[Roberto Leinardi]

Hi everyone,
In Java, the Class.isAssignableFrom(Class<?> cls) method checks if a class/interface is the same, a superclass, or a superinterface of another. Is there an equivalent way to achieve this in Kotlin/Native? Specifically, I want to check type relationships at runtime. Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance!

[ephemient]

KClass does not contain such information itself. on JVM it takes advantage of Java reflection, but that's JVM-only

[ephemient]

you'll have to do something like https://github.com/JetBrains-Research/reflekt where you process all types and save their hierarchy at build time

[Roberto Leinardi]

thanks, I'll have a look!

[ephemient]

note that Reflekt is not up to date with current versions of Kotlin; that's why I said "something like"

[Roberto Leinardi]

yeah I saw, the project seems abandoned (last commit 2 years ago and support up to Kotlin 1.7)