Anyone has exp dealing with Kotlin sealed classes ...

# multiplatform

[Joaquim Ley]

Anyone has exp dealing with Kotlin sealed classes + Generics working in Swift?

I’m struggling a bit to find a good implementation e.g

sealed class Result<T> {
  Success(val data: T): Result()
  Error(val message: T): Result()
}

How would you switch case with a swift optional + handle both success and error cases?

[Javier]

Maybe a fold function based on callbacks, Kotlin usage:

someResult.fold(
success = { data -> doSomething(data) },
error = { message -> println(message) },
)

[Sam]

To switch over a sealed class you can use:

switch result{
    case let success as ResultSuccess:
        print("success")
    case let failure as ResultFailure:
        print("failure")
    default:
        break //Swift will require an exhaustive switch
}

I think but am not positive that you could include type parameters on those let lines.

[Joaquim Ley]

Thank you @Sam @Javier for your input(s) I’ll try it out and give some feedback here 🙏

[Joaquim Ley]

It worked @Sam, your implementation works 😉

Followup Q have you gotten sealed class working correctly with Swift?

For some context, I have a ViewState that has various class (Loading, Idle, Success etc.) as a sealed class, but now when I declare a variable as a ViewState I can’t set it

[Sam]

I haven’t run into that issue. Have a look at your module header (cmd+click on a Kotlin class in a Swift file to easily get there) and verify that your sealed classes are show as inheriting from the base sealed class. Something like:

@interface MyModule_modulePrefixLoading : MyModule_modulePrefixViewState

If that is not there, then maybe your Kotlin definition is off and the sealed classes aren’t inheriting from a common base.

[Joaquim Ley]

It is indeed

open class LoginState : KotlinBase {
}
extension LoginState {

    
    public class Error : LoginState {

(other states here)

My issue is I can’t set a variable with another state , let’s say I declare said var in swift:

@Published var state: LoginState

now I can’t set it as (for instance) loading

state = LoginState.Loading

[Joaquim Ley]

This is how the shared.swift class is shown