What would be the idiomatic way to do this in Kotl...

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[Jon]

What would be the idiomatic way to do this in Kotlin? I am doing a switch on a String that has well defined values. I'd like to make sure that all these values are handled in the switch statement. I do this in several locations. In other languages, I would have created a function that converts string to some type and then switch on that type. In the "default" section of the switch statement I would have thrown some assertion to make sure all cases are handled.

[karelpeeters]

Same in Kotlin, convert to an enum at the earliest possible opportunity.

[Jon]

alrighty, thanks Karel. I thought maybe there would be a type-safe compile-time check I take advantage of

[Jon]

like possibly a sealed class maybe?

[Mark Murphy]

A sealed class is basically a super-charged enum. Both offer compile-time type safety.

[karelpeeters]

You could convert to instances of a sealed class too, but that's equivalent to an enum. It's not going to make the string part any easier or safer.

[Jon]

Thanks @karelpeeters and @Mark Murphy.

[Jon]

On an unrelated note, is this the best channel to ask these types of questions? I couldn't find anything more appropriate

[karelpeeters]

Yes. This or #getting-started, the distinction is kind of blurry