Basic Syntax
/**
* We declare a package-level function main which returns Unit and takes
* an Array of strings as a parameter. Note that semicolons are optional.
*/
fun main(args: Array<String>) {
println("Hello, world!")
}
/**
* Line 13 demonstrates string templates and array access.
* See this pages for details:
* http://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/basic-types.html#strings
* http://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/basic-types.html#arrays
*/
fun main(args: Array<String>) {
if (args.size == 0) {
println("Please provide a name as a command-line argument")
return
}
println("Hello, ${args[0]}!")
}
/**
* Line 2 demonstrates the for-loop, that would have been called "enhanced"
* if there were any other for-loop in Kotlin.
* See http://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/basic-syntax.html#using-a-for-loop
*/
fun main(args: Array<String>) {
for (name in args)
println("Hello, $name!")
}
/**
* In this example, `val` denotes a declaration of a read-only local variable,
* that is assigned an pattern matching expression.
* See http://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/control-flow.html#when-expression
*/
fun main(args: Array<String>) {
val language = if (args.size == 0) "EN" else args[0]
println(when (language) {
"EN" -> "Hello!"
"FR" -> "Salut!"
"IT" -> "Ciao!"
else -> "Sorry, I can't greet you in $language yet"
})
}
/**
* Here we have a class with a primary constructor and a member function.
* Note that there's no `new` keyword used to create an object.
* See http://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/classes.html#classes
*/
class Greeter(val name: String) {
fun greet() {
println("Hello, ${name}");
}
}
fun main(args: Array<String>) {
Greeter(args[0]).greet()
}
/**
* `if` is an expression, i.e. it returns a value.
* Therefore there is no ternary operator (condition ? then : else),
* because ordinary `if` works fine in this role.
* See http://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/control-flow.html#if-expression
*/
fun main(args: Array<String>) {
println(max(args[0].toInt(), args[1].toInt()))
}
fun max(a: Int, b: Int) = if (a > b) a else b
/**
* A reference must be explicitly marked as nullable to be able hold a null.
* See http://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/null-safety.html#null-safety
*/
package multiplier
// Return null if str does not hold a number
fun parseInt(str: String): Int? {
try {
return str.toInt()
} catch (e: NumberFormatException) {
println("One of the arguments isn't Int")
}
return null
}
fun main(args: Array<String>) {
if (args.size < 2) {
println("No number supplied");
} else {
val x = parseInt(args[0])
val y = parseInt(args[1])
// We cannot say 'x * y' now because they may hold nulls
if (x != null && y != null) {
print(x * y) // Now we can
} else {
println("One of the arguments is null")
}
}
}
/**
* The `is` operator checks if an expression is an instance of a type and more.
* If we is-checked an immutable local variable or property, there's no need
* to cast it explicitly to the is-checked type.
* See this pages for details:
* http://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/classes.html#classes-and-inheritance
* http://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/typecasts.html#smart-casts
*/
fun main(args: Array<String>) {
println(getStringLength("aaa"))
println(getStringLength(1))
}
fun getStringLength(obj: Any): Int? {
if (obj is String)
return obj.length // no cast to String is needed
return null
}
/**
* `while` and `do..while` work as usual.
* See http://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/control-flow.html#while-loops
*/
fun main(args: Array<String>) {
var i = 0
while (i < args.size)
println(args[i++])
}
/**
* For loop iterates through anything that provides an iterator.
* See http://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/control-flow.html#for-loops
*/
fun main(args: Array<String>) {
for (arg in args)
println(arg)
// or
println()
for (i in args.indices)
println(args[i])
}
/**
* Check if a number lies within a range.
* Check if a number is out of range.
* Check if a collection contains an object.
* See http://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/ranges.html#ranges
*/
fun main(args: Array<String>) {
val x = args[0].toInt()
//Check if a number lies within a range:
val y = 10
if (x in 1..y - 1)
println("OK")
//Iterate over a range:
for (a in 1..5)
print("${a} ")
//Check if a number is out of range:
println()
val array = arrayListOf<String>()
array.add("aaa")
array.add("bbb")
array.add("ccc")
if (x !in 0..array.size - 1)
println("Out: array has only ${array.size} elements. x = ${x}")
//Check if a collection contains an object:
if ("aaa" in array) // collection.contains(obj) is called
println("Yes: array contains aaa")
if ("ddd" in array) // collection.contains(obj) is called
println("Yes: array contains ddd")
else
println("No: array doesn't contains ddd")
}
/**
* See http://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/control-flow.html#when-expression
*/
fun main(args: Array<String>) {
cases("Hello")
cases(1)
cases(0L)
cases(MyClass())
cases("hello")
}
fun cases(obj: Any) {
when (obj) {
1 -> println("One")
"Hello" -> println("Greeting")
is Long -> println("Long")
!is String -> println("Not a string")
else -> println("Unknown")
}
}
class MyClass() {
}
Destructuring Declarations
/**
* This example introduces a concept that we call destructuring declarations.
* It creates multiple variable at once. Anything can be on the right-hand
* side of a destructuring declaration, as long as the required number of component
* functions can be called on it.
* See http://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/multi-declarations.html#multi-declarations
*/
fun main(args: Array<String>) {
val pair = Pair(1, "one")
val (num, name) = pair
println("num = $num, name = $name")
}
class Pair<K, V>(val first: K, val second: V) {
operator fun component1(): K {
return first
}
operator fun component2(): V {
return second
}
}
/**
* Data class gets component functions, one for each property declared
* in the primary constructor, generated automatically, same for all the
* other goodies common for data: toString(), equals(), hashCode() and copy().
* See http://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/data-classes.html#data-classes
*/
data class User(val name: String, val id: Int)
fun getUser(): User {
return User("Alex", 1)
}
fun main(args: Array<String>) {
val user = getUser()
println("name = ${user.name}, id = ${user.id}")
// or
val (name, id) = getUser()
println("name = $name, id = $id")
// or
println("name = ${getUser().component1()}, id = ${getUser().component2()}")
}
/**
* Kotlin Standard Library provide component functions for Map.Entry
*/
fun main(args: Array<String>) {
val map = hashMapOf<String, Int>()
map.put("one", 1)
map.put("two", 2)
for ((key, value) in map) {
println("key = $key, value = $value")
}
}
/**
* Data class gets next functions, generated automatically:
* component functions, toString(), equals(), hashCode() and copy().
* See http://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/data-classes.html#data-classes
*/
data class User(val name: String, val id: Int)
fun main(args: Array<String>) {
val user = User("Alex", 1)
println(user) // toString()
val secondUser = User("Alex", 1)
val thirdUser = User("Max", 2)
println("user == secondUser: ${user == secondUser}")
println("user == thirdUser: ${user == thirdUser}")
// copy() function
println(user.copy())
println(user.copy("Max"))
println(user.copy(id = 2))
println(user.copy("Max", 2))
}
Delegated properties
/**
* There's some new syntax: you can say `val 'property name': 'Type' by 'expression'`.
* The expression after by is the delegate, because get() and set() methods
* corresponding to the property will be delegated to it.
* Property delegates don't have to implement any interface, but they have
* to provide methods named getValue() and setValue() to be called.</p>
*/
import kotlin.reflect.KProperty
class Example {
var p: String by Delegate()
override fun toString() = "Example Class"
}
class Delegate() {
operator fun getValue(thisRef: Any?, prop: KProperty<*>): String {
return "$thisRef, thank you for delegating '${prop.name}' to me!"
}
operator fun setValue(thisRef: Any?, prop: KProperty<*>, value: String) {
println("$value has been assigned to ${prop.name} in $thisRef")
}
}
fun main(args: Array<String>) {
val e = Example()
println(e.p)
e.p = "NEW"
}
/**
* Delegates.lazy() is a function that returns a delegate that implements a lazy property:
* the first call to get() executes the lambda expression passed to lazy() as an argument
* and remembers the result, subsequent calls to get() simply return the remembered result.
* If you want thread safety, use blockingLazy() instead: it guarantees that the values will
* be computed only in one thread, and that all threads will see the same value.
*/
class LazySample {
val lazy: String by lazy {
println("computed!")
"my lazy"
}
}
fun main(args: Array<String>) {
val sample = LazySample()
println("lazy = ${sample.lazy}")
println("lazy = ${sample.lazy}")
}
/**
* The observable() function takes two arguments: initial value and a handler for modifications.
* The handler gets called every time we assign to `name`, it has three parameters:
* a property being assigned to, the old value and the new one. If you want to be able to veto
* the assignment, use vetoable() instead of observable().
*/
import kotlin.properties.Delegates
class User {
var name: String by Delegates.observable("no name") {
d, old, new ->
println("$old - $new")
}
}
fun main(args: Array<String>) {
val user = User()
user.name = "Carl"
}
/**
* Users frequently ask what to do when you have a non-null var, but you don't have an
* appropriate value to assign to it in constructor (i.e. it must be assigned later)?
* You can't have an uninitialized non-abstract property in Kotlin. You could initialize it
* with null, but then you'd have to check every time you access it. Now you have a delegate
* to handle this. If you read from this property before writing to it, it throws an exception,
* after the first assignment it works as expected.
*/
import kotlin.properties.Delegates
class User {
var name: String by Delegates.notNull()
fun init(name: String) {
this.name = name
}
}
fun main(args: Array<String>) {
val user = User()
// user.name -> IllegalStateException
user.init("Carl")
println(user.name)
}
/**
* Properties stored in a map. This comes up a lot in applications like parsing JSON
* or doing other "dynamic" stuff. Delegates take values from this map (by the string keys -
* names of properties). Of course, you can have var's as well,
* that will modify the map upon assignment (note that you'd need MutableMap instead of read-only Map).
*/
class User(val map: Map<String, Any?>) {
val name: String by map
val age: Int by map
}
fun main(args: Array<String>) {
val user = User(mapOf(
"name" to "John Doe",
"age" to 25
))
println("name = ${user.name}, age = ${user.age}")
}
Callable References
/**
* "Callable References" or "Feature Literals", i.e. an ability to pass
* named functions or properties as values. Users often ask
* "I have a foo() function, how do I pass it as an argument?".
* The answer is: "you prefix it with a `::`".
*/
fun main(args: Array<String>) {
val numbers = listOf(1, 2, 3)
println(numbers.filter(::isOdd))
}
fun isOdd(x: Int) = x % 2 != 0
/**
* The composition function return a composition of two functions passed to it:
* compose(f, g) = f(g(*)).
* Now, you can apply it to callable references.
*/
fun main(args: Array<String>) {
val oddLength = compose(::isOdd, ::length)
val strings = listOf("a", "ab", "abc")
println(strings.filter(oddLength))
}
fun isOdd(x: Int) = x % 2 != 0
fun length(s: String) = s.length
fun <A, B, C> compose(f: (B) -> C, g: (A) -> B): (A) -> C {
return { x -> f(g(x)) }
}