In a when block I have a lot of code like that: ``...

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[Martin Barth]

In a when block I have a lot of code like that:

"-" -> if (aggregate is Minus) Minus(*aggregate.expressions, nextExpression) else Minus(aggregate, nextExpression)
                        "+" -> if (aggregate is Plus) Plus(*aggregate.expressions, nextExpression) else Plus(aggregate, nextExpression)
....

I wanted to make that easier, but i am failing. My Idea was something like this:

private inline fun <reified T> myIdea(aggregate: InfixExpression, nextExpression: Expression): T = if (aggregate is T) 
            T(*aggregate.expressions, nextExpression)
        else
            T(aggregate, nextExpression)

using the Type T as a Constructor does not work. Any advice?

[Michael de Kaste]

make a static 'of' function that implies T.of(...) -> T on an class parent of both Minus and Plus

or

use invoke constructors using reflection

[Vampire]

As the compiler does not know which type T will be, it cannot know which constructors would exist, so I don't think this is possible directly.
You need to resort to reflection.
Use T::class.constructors or T::class.java.getConstructor(type1, type2) to find the constructor you want to invoke and then call it.

[Chris Black]

btiasD!