Can anyone suggest the best way to get the current data class’ package name in the constructor as a ...

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[pmatthews]

Can anyone suggest the best way to get the current data class’ package name in the constructor as a default value?

[pmatthews]

Does packageName var do what I’m looking for?

data class Clickable(val id: String, val label: String,
                             val className: String = MainActivity::javaClass.name) {
    lateinit var packageName: String
    init {
        if (packageName.isEmpty()) {
            this.javaClass.`package`?.let {
                packageName = it.name
            }
        }
    }
}

[pmatthews]

Seems not as you can’t specify the packageName

[David Silva]

Have you tried referencing the java class through ::class.java instead of ::javaClass? Not really sure why, but the latter does not compile here

[pmatthews]

Yeah, I think that cleans some things up:

data class Clickable(val id: String, val label: String,
                             val jClass: Class<out Activity> = MainActivity::class.java) {
    val className: String = jClass.name
    val packageName: String = jClass.`package`!!.name
}