i have a data class with a lot of properties. I ne...

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[jasondlee]

i have a data class with a lot of properties. I need to create that class from java code, but I don't want to pass 800 nulls in the ctor. is there a cleaner way around that? @JvmOverloads doesn't seem to like data classes

[Shawn]

can you clarify what problem you’re running into with @JvmOverloads and data classes?

[jasondlee]

@JvmOverloads can't be applied to a class.. and...

[jasondlee]

ooh... maybe i'm an idiot and just need to change how i'm defining the ctor... one moment

[jasondlee]

yes. I'm an idiot: data class ItemModel @JvmOverloads constructor(

[jasondlee]

sorry for the noise 🙂

[jasondlee]

oh... well...

[jasondlee]

ItemModel model = new ItemModel();
Error:(33, 35) java: constructor ItemModel in class ItemModel cannot be applied to given types;
required: java.lang.String,java.lang.String,java.lang.String,java.lang.String,java.lang.String,java.lang.String,java.lang.String
found: no arguments
reason: actual and formal argument lists differ in length

[Shawn]

That’s odd

[jasondlee]

i think i figured it out, and it still centers around me being an idiot. If I provide default values in the ctor, javac is happy 🙂

[Shawn]

Ahh, yep, that’d do it

[Shawn]

No worries, we all need to rubber duck every now and again lol

[jasondlee]

i think i should avoid operating heavy machinery or motor vehicles for a while 😛

[jasondlee]

haha. yeah, but I try to limit those to truly hard questions 😛

[Shawn]

😛 I won’t make any judgment there for you, but I will say I don’t mind giving folks small hints if they’re actively thinking about their problem

[jasondlee]

👍

[jasondlee]

thanks for the sanity check, btw 🙂