Hello. I've been trying to add some qol annotations to our codebase and came across a problem in the...

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[ndv]

Hello. I've been trying to add some qol annotations to our codebase and came across a problem in the Reflection I just haven't been able to figure out how to get around: MyClass::myFunction returns a different type to MyClass::class.functions.find{myFunction} - I only have access to the reflected classes and the code that's going to be calling these functions works perfect when I use MyClass::myFunction, however when i get hold of the function via MyClass::class.functions it expects more arguments than the actual function. Any way I can get to the same reflected function as MyClass::myFunction from MyClass::class.functions? Thanks

[ndv]

I have now tried to replicate the problem in an empty project, and while there's still a difference, its a different case to what I'm getting in my main codebase. For some reason the class itself is part of the function parameters during reflection, though not during definition.

[ndv]

In case anyone comes across this.

MyClass, in this instance, is defined as an object, i.e. MyClass::myFunction results in a boundInstanceMethod whereas MyClass::class::functions delivers an InstanceMethod - this is where the difference came in. I'll have to find some workaround for this or alter the codebase

[Rafael Chaves]

@ndv There was a recent thread on the #C0AVAB92L channel somewhat related to this. You have to pass the target object as a parameter when invoking the unbound function.

[Rafael Chaves]

You either have to insert the target object as a first element of the arg array in a call to call(), or as an entry in the arg map in a call to callBy()

[Rafael Chaves]

Example: https://github.com/abstratt/kirra-boot/blob/master/src/main/java/com/abstratt/kirra/spring/api/KirraSpringInstanceManagement.kt#L120