Hi, could some one help out with a simple question...

# dokka

[uli]

Hi, could some one help out with a simple question?
If I want to document interface MySDK { and I have a global factory method fun MySdk() how do I refernce the method from the interface KDoc?
The obvious approach is ambigouos and dokka chooses to resolves to the interface, not the method.

/**
 * An implementation of this interface can be instantiated by calling the factory method [MySdk]()
 */

[Ignat Beresnev]

Hi! Is there any particular reason why your global factory method starts with an upper-case letter?

from coding conventintions:

Names of functions, properties and local variables start with a lowercase letter and use camel case and no underscores:

There should be no problem then

Even IDEA will navigate you to the interface declaration instead of the method if you use Go to declaration , not just dokka

If you have interface MySdk and fun MySdk() in different packages, then using full path to the function should help, such as [com.company.foo.bar.MySdk] . If they're in the same package, not sure what to do..

[rnett]

Don't know if that's the case here, but fake constructors (i.e. fun <ClassName>(...) are a fairly common pattern.

[uli]

Exactly @rnett

[uli]

And @Ignat Beresnev AS resolves type and method correctly

[David Hamilton]

Re: fake constructors. Isn't it more normal to do that via an invoke() function definition in the companion object?