I tried to overcome the JVM type erasure by storin...

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[nickk]

I tried to overcome the JVM type erasure by storing the Type at compile time, like so:

data class ResultWrapper<out T>(val request: RequestInfo, val obs: T, val typeOfResult : KClass<*>? = null)

However doing a when on the typeOfResult field does not work:

when (item.typeOfResult) {
             is Enemy -> {
                  messages.add("Received instance of type ${item.typeOfResult.simpleName} !")
              }

Any ideas/suggestions?

[Vlad]

enemy is not really a type of kclass. would it be just

when (item.typeOfResult) {
            Enemy::class -> {
          }
        }

?

[nickk]

This was my first reaction too, but adding ::class produces a compile error, which I cannot understand.

[dragas]

val clazz : KClass<*>? = null
    when(clazz)
    {
        String::class -> {}
    }

Are you sure? This seems to work.

[nickk]

Oh, my mistake is that I should not use is in the check