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If class `Apple` extends class `Fruit`, how can I create a map like `mapOf&lt;String,KClass&lt;Fruit&gt;&gt;("apple" to Apple)` ?

that would be a
```Map&lt;String, KClass&lt;out Fruit&gt;&gt;```
as `KClass&lt;T&gt;` is invariant

Thank you. I knew I had done it somewhere before but it never really "sticks" with me.

Harder question: given a function `suspend inline fun &lt;reified T : Fruit&gt; eat()`, how do I call something like
```val food = mapOf&lt;String, KClass&lt;Fruit&gt;&gt;("apple" to Apple)
val apple = food["apple"]
eat&lt;apple&gt; // this bit I struggle!```

that's not possible - the type cannot be statically determined at compile time, which is necessary for `&lt;reified&gt;`

non-reified `fun &lt;T : Fruit&gt; eat(fruitClass: KClass&lt;T&gt;)` would be callable, of course

Oh. Much sadness. I'm trying to avoid a lot of duplication of code which is basically of the form:
```when(food) {
  "org.me.apple" -&gt; { eat&lt;Apple&gt;() }
  "org.me.pear" -&gt; { eat&lt;Pear&gt;() }
}```

Except the functions are a bit more involved than just `eat()`.

you can also use `inline` to be able to get the type