Is there an idiomatic Kotlin way of doing this (with `T` being a reified type paramter)? ```SomeClas...

F0X

01/28/2021, 9:48 PM

Is there an idiomatic Kotlin way of doing this (with

being a reified type paramter)?

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SomeClass::class.java.isAssignableFrom(T::class.java)

nanodeath

01/28/2021, 9:54 PM

T is SomeClass

nanodeath

01/28/2021, 9:54 PM

wait, it'd have to be an instance

nanodeath

01/28/2021, 9:54 PM

t is SomeClass

😛

nanodeath

01/28/2021, 9:55 PM

assuming your type

is on one of the inputs, which in my experience it usually is

ephemient

01/28/2021, 9:57 PM

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SomeClass::class.isSuperclassOf(T::class)

ephemient

01/28/2021, 9:58 PM

(requires kotlin-reflect)

F0X

01/28/2021, 9:59 PM

oh yeah forgot I didn't have kotlin-reflect, thx a lot!

F0X

01/28/2021, 9:59 PM

and no, I do not have an instance of

nanodeath

01/28/2021, 10:04 PM

can you share the method signature?

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