Hello, Could you please explain me what's the companion object intended for?

# getting-started

[Juan]

Hello,
Could you please explain me what's the companion object intended for?

[karelpeeters]

https://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/object-declarations.html#companion-objects

Basically it replaces Java's `static`: everything in `Myclass`' s companion object can​ be used like this: MyClass.myFun().