```class VeganFood: Food() interface Seller<out T> class FoodSeller: Seller<Food> clas...

# getting-started

[Mohammad Jahidul Islam]

class VeganFood: Food()

interface Seller<out T>

class FoodSeller: Seller<Food>
class VeganFoodSeller: Seller<VeganFood>

interface Consumer<in T>

class Person: Consumer<Food>
class Vegan: Consumer<VeganFood>

fun main() {
    var foodSeller: Seller<Food>
    foodSeller = FoodSeller()
    foodSeller = VeganFoodSeller()
    var veganFoodConsumer: Consumer<VeganFood>
    veganFoodConsumer = Vegan()
    veganFoodConsumer = Person()
}

Does anyone explain covariant and contravariant in Kotlin, please recommend any discussion on this topic

[Kristian Nedrevold]

I think the Kotlin documentation explains it quite well https://kotlinlang.org/docs/generics.html

[Kristian Nedrevold]

Which part was unclear?

[Michael de Kaste]

<in T> means the T can only go IN the class e.g.: fun add(thing: T): Boolean
<out T> means the T can only go OUT the class e.g.: fun get(index: Int): T
most things are both in and out, and thus just T but a consumer, like the name suggest, would probably only need to have things go IN it. same goes for a producer, but for OUT.

is that clear enough?

[mkrussel]

This and the follow on are the best I've seen.

https://typealias.com/guides/illustrated-guide-covariance-contravariance/