Is there any way to get reified type in a class fu...

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[Sam]

Is there any way to get reified type in a class function?

class Container<T> {
    fun useContainedClassType() {
        T::class.java
    }
}

[Dominaezzz]

You could take it in as a constructor argument or do some tricks with inline functions. Depends on your use case.

[Sam]

In my case, this logic is in a base and derived class specifies the actual type

[Sam]

using the type parameter

[Sam]

I could have a hook in the base and have derived class specify the class but was hoping to avoid that as the type is already in the parameter

[karelpeeters]

Unfortunately that isn't really possible.

[Sam]

Okay, going with the hook. Derived class developers can live that

[Sam]

I guess, this comes from Java type erasure, nothing that kotlin can do here