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xenoterracide
12/12/2018, 6:42 PMhttps://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/reflection.html but how do I search for a method name by annotation, and then exec said method? seems more like this documents method references than true reflection.
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Alan Evans
12/12/2018, 7:00 PM Copy code
fun main() {
val x = X()
x::class.members.first { it.name == "hello" }.call(x, "World")
}
class X {
fun hello(name: String) {
println("Hello, $name!")
}
}x
xenoterracide
12/12/2018, 7:06 PMyeah, but what if I don’t know the name, I need all methods annotated with @Subscribe
xenoterracide
12/12/2018, 7:07 PMstill looks better than java’s painful reflection api
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Alan Evans
12/12/2018, 7:39 PMI feel like you're not trying...
Alan Evans
12/12/2018, 7:39 PMprove you're trying to solve this and I'll help more
Alan Evans
12/12/2018, 7:40 PMI just looked and starting from my example it took me seconds to find annotations on methods in the IDE.
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xenoterracide
12/12/2018, 7:42 PMI admit I’m not, I’m exploring the language for purposes of deciding whether I should switch from java
xenoterracide
12/12/2018, 7:43 PMso far the improvements are, null safety, and actual traits, just seeing if reflection for my actuall common use cases is also an improvment
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Alan Evans
12/12/2018, 7:47 PMI'm not your research assistant. I recommend you download IntelliJ and actually get your hands dirty.
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xenoterracide
12/12/2018, 7:52 PMwell all I’ll say is I had hoped that the documentation would cover this
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Alan Evans
12/12/2018, 9:24 PM2 Views