Im struggling a bit with reified generics. I have ...

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[Mgj]

Im struggling a bit with reified generics. I have a class that needs to call a 3rd party inline function. I want a method in my class to be generic and pass the generic type to the inline function but i cannot do this:

class MyClass {
        suspend fun <T> doStuff(): T {
            return myReified<T>()
        }
    }

suspend inline fun <reified T> myReified(): T

What is a good workaround?

[diesieben07]

Your own method needs to be inline and the T needs to be reified itself.

[Mgj]

I cannot do this, i want doStuff() to be public and access class members.
Public-API inline function cannot access non-public-API

[diesieben07]

That's the only way to call a function with a reified parameter, your own parameter needs to be reified itself.
You can encapsulate it like this though:
https://pl.kotl.in/QLG5ELkp9

[diesieben07]

doStuffImpl can access privates, because its not inline

[diesieben07]

You can even mark doStuffImpl as @PublishedApi and internal if you don't want it called otherwise

[Mgj]

oh thats an interesting solution, let me play around with that. Thank you