How to export a “static method” in kotlin to a “cl...

# kotlin-native

[Lei Wu]

How to export a “static method” in kotlin to a “class method” in objective-c?
I have a object class like this in kotlin:

object LogUtil {

  fun log(message: String) {
    
  }
}

but export to ios framework, the class defined like this:
*__attribute__*((objc_subclassing_restricted))
*__attribute__*((swift_name("LogUtil")))
*@interface* CommonLogUtil : KotlinBase
+ (*instancetype*)alloc *__attribute__*((unavailable));
+ (*instancetype*)allocWithZone:(*struct* _NSZone *)zone *__attribute__*((unavailable));
+ (*instancetype*)logUtil *__attribute__*((swift_name("init()")));
- (*void*)logMessage:(NSString *)message *__attribute__*((swift_name("log(message:)")));
*@end*;
As code shows that “logMessage” method is not a “class method”,
the expected result maybe like this:
+ (*void*)logMessage:(NSString *)message *__attribute__*((swift_name("log(message:)")));

[kpgalligan]

It’s kind of a quirk of the objc interop, but you access it like it’s a class.

LogUtil().log(message: "abc")

[kpgalligan]

It’s not creating a new instance every time, however.

[Lei Wu]

But the code shows it create a new instance every time, so weird, I will try it, thank you!