Context: I am building a REST API with kotlin using Spring
Problem: I have a Kotlin class called Response that accepts a generic like this:
class Response<T> {
var data: T? = null
var dataArray: List<T>? = null
var errors: List<String>? = null
get() {
if (field == null) {
this.errors = ArrayList()
}
return field
}
}
When I try to instantiate in one of my API Controllers like this:
val response = Response()
response.setData(someting)
It gives me Not enough information to infer parameter T.
How can I avoid this error?
You will have to specify what T is in this case. Supposing it is a String, you could do it like this:
val response = Response<String>()
response.data = "Something that is a String"
Related
I am receiving a json object in which there is a property I don't know the name of at compile time.
The name of the property is stored in a variable.
Since the name of the property may vary the JSON is parsed as an Anonymous object.
Is it possible to read the value of the property using reflection using the name stored in the variable ?
I tried with code resembling this:
jsonResponse::class.memberProperties.find { it.name == variableName }
with no success.
val decodedToken = JWT(jwtString)
decodedToken.getClaim("useful_claim").asObject(Any::class.java)?.let {
// Get the property that matches the variable name
val reflectProp = res::class.memberProperties.find { it.name == BuildConfig.VARIABLE_NAME }
// Check that the property was found and exists
if (reflectProp is KMutableProperty<*>) {
(reflectProp.getter.call(res, BuildConfig.VARIABLE_NAME) as? List<*>)?.let {
// Return it as a list of existing MyClass
return it.filterIsInstance<MyClass>()
}
}
}
After the comments made by #Joffrey and #broot I tried without the JWT library.
Here is the code:
// Parcelable classes
#Parcelize
#JsonClass(generateAdapter = true)
data class JwtCustomResponse(
// This maps the variable name from the buildconfig on a known field name that can be used later
#field:Json(name = BuildConfig.VARIABLE_NAME) val appResourceAccess: MyCustomClass? = MyCustomClass()
) : Parcelable
#Parcelize
#JsonClass(generateAdapter = true)
data class JWTBody(
#field:Json(name = "resource_access") val resourceAccess: JwtCustomResponse? = JwtCustomResponse(),
) : Parcelable
// Custom JWT deserializer
object JWTUtils {
#Throws(Exception::class)
fun decoded(JWTEncoded: String): JWTBody {
val split = JWTEncoded.trim().split(".")
val mAdapt = moshi.adapter(JWTBody::class.java)
return mAdapt.fromJson(getJson(split[1])) ?: JWTBody()
}
#Throws(UnsupportedEncodingException::class)
private fun getJson(strEncoded: String): String {
val decodedBytes: ByteArray = Base64.decode(strEncoded, Base64.URL_SAFE)
return String(decodedBytes, charset("UTF-8"))
}
}
// JWT passed to the Utils
val decoded = JWTUtils.decoded(jwtString)
I'm trying to pass data class to the service-proxy of Vert.x like this:
data class Entity(val field: String)
#ProxyGen
#VertxGen
public interface DatabaseService {
DatabaseService createEntity(Entity entity, Handler<AsyncResult<Void>> resultHandler);
}
However, the service-proxy requires a DataObject as the parameter type.
Below are what I've tried so far.
First, I rewrite the data class as:
#DataObject
data class Entity(val field: String) {
constructor(json: JsonObject) : this(
json.getString("field")
)
fun toJson(): JsonObject = JsonObject.mapFrom(this)
}
Although this works, the code is redundant, so I tried the kapt with the following generator:
override fun process(annotations: Set<TypeElement>, roundEnv: RoundEnvironment): Boolean {
roundEnv.getElementsAnnotatedWith(ProxyDataObject::class.java).forEach { el ->
val className = el.simpleName.toString()
val pack = processingEnv.elementUtils.getPackageOf(el).toString()
val filename = "Proxy$className"
val classBuilder = TypeSpec.classBuilder(filename)
val primaryConstructorBuilder = FunSpec.constructorBuilder()
val secondaryConstructorBuilder = FunSpec.constructorBuilder().addParameter("json", JsonObject::class)
val secondaryConstructorCodeBlocks = mutableListOf<CodeBlock>()
el.enclosedElements.forEach {
if (it.kind == ElementKind.FIELD) {
val name = it.simpleName.toString()
val kClass = getClass(it) // get the corresponding Kotlin class
val jsonTypeName = getJsonTypeName(it) // get the corresponding type name in methods of JsonObject
classBuilder.addProperty(PropertySpec.builder(name, kClass).initializer(name).build())
primaryConstructorBuilder.addParameter(name, kClass)
secondaryConstructorCodeBlocks.add(CodeBlock.of("json.get$jsonTypeName(\"$name\")"))
}
}
secondaryConstructorBuilder.callThisConstructor(secondaryConstructorCodeBlocks)
classBuilder
.addAnnotation(DataObject::class)
.addModifiers(KModifier.DATA)
.primaryConstructor(primaryConstructorBuilder.build())
.addFunction(secondaryConstructorBuilder.build())
.addFunction(
FunSpec.builder("toJson").returns(JsonObject::class).addStatement("return JsonObject.mapFrom(this)").build()
)
val generatedFile = FileSpec.builder(pack, filename).addType(classBuilder.build()).build()
generatedFile.writeTo(processingEnv.filer)
}
return true
}
Then I can get the correct generated file by simply writing the original data class, but when I execute the building after cleaning, I still get the following error:
Could not generate model for DatabaseService#createEntity(ProxyEntity,io.vertx.core.Handler<io.vertx.core.AsyncResult<java.lang.Void>>): type ProxyEntity is not legal for use for a parameter in proxy
It seems that the generated annotation #DataObject is not processed.
So what should I do? Is there a better solution?
how can I set properties of a dataclass by its name. For example, I have a raw HTTP GET response
propA=valueA
propB=valueB
and a data class in Kotlin
data class Test(var propA: String = "", var propB: String = ""){}
in my code i have an function that splits the response to a key value array
val test: Test = Test()
rawResp?.split('\n')?.forEach { item: String ->
run {
val keyValue = item.split('=')
TODO
}
}
In JavaScript I can do the following
response.split('\n').forEach(item => {
let keyValue = item.split('=');
this.test[keyValue[0]] = keyValue[1];
});
Is there a similar way in Kotlin?
You cannot readily do this in Kotlin the same way you would in JavaScript (unless you are prepared to handle reflection yourself), but there is a possibility of using a Kotlin feature called Delegated Properties (particularly, a use case Storing Properties in a Map of that feature).
Here is an example specific to code in your original question:
class Test(private val map: Map<String, String>) {
val propA: String by map
val propB: String by map
override fun toString() = "${javaClass.simpleName}(propA=$propA,propB=$propB)"
}
fun main() {
val rawResp: String? = """
propA=valueA
propB=valueB
""".trimIndent()
val props = rawResp?.split('\n')?.map { item ->
val (key, value) = item.split('=')
key to value
}?.toMap() ?: emptyMap()
val test = Test(props)
println("Property 'propA' of test is: ${test.propA}")
println("Or using toString: $test")
}
This outputs:
Property 'propA' of test is: valueA
Or using toString: Test(propA=valueA,propB=valueB)
Unfortunately, you cannot use data classes with property delegation the way you would expect, so you have to 'pay the price' and define the overridden methods (toString, equals, hashCode) on your own if you need them.
By the question, it was not clear for me if each line represents a Test instance or not. So
If not.
fun parse(rawResp: String): Test = rawResp.split("\n").flatMap { it.split("=") }.let { Test(it[0], it[1]) }
If yes.
fun parse(rawResp: String): List<Test> = rawResp.split("\n").map { it.split("=") }.map { Test(it[0], it[1]) }
For null safe alternative you can use nullableString.orEmpty()...
I have an object User defined as below
class User(){
var id: Int? = null
var name: String? = null}
For certain reasons, I have to create new object User of same parameters and I have to copy data from old to new type.
class UserNew(){
var id: Int? = null
var name: String? = null}
I was looking for easiest way to convert from old type to a new one. I want to do simply
var user = User()
var userNew = user as UserNew
But obviously, I am getting This cast can never succeed. Creating a new UserNew object and set every parameter is not feasible if I have a User object with lots of parameters. Any suggestions?
as is kotlin's cast operator. But User is not a UserNew. Therefore the cast fails.
Use an extension function to convert between the types:
fun User.toUserNew(): UserNew {
val userNew = UserNew()
userNew.id = id
userNew.name = name
return userNew
}
And use it like so
fun usingScenario(user: User) {
val userNew = user.toUserNew()
If you don't want to write a boilerplate code, you can use some libraries that will copy values via reflection (for example http://mapstruct.org/), but it's not the best idea.
To achieve you can Simply use Gson and avoid boilerplate code:
var user = User(....)
val json = Gson().toJson(user)
val userNew:UserNew =Gson().fromJson(json, UserNew::class.java)
you should follow this logic for this case.
note: #Frank Neblung answer i implemented
fun main(args: Array<String>) {
val user = User()
user.id = 10
user.name = "test"
var userNew = user.toUserNew()
println(userNew.id) // output is 10
println(userNew.name)// output is test
}
class User()
{
var id: Int? = null
var name: String? = null
fun toUserNew(): UserNew {
val userNew = UserNew()
userNew.id = id
userNew.name = name
return userNew
}
}
class UserNew() {
var id: Int? = null
var name: String? = null
}
You have two options. Either create interface and implement it in both classes. then you can use this interface in both places (User,UserNew) If this is not what you want, i would use copy constructor in UserNew taking User as parameter, You can create new
NewUser nu = new UserNew(userOld)
if you have lots of properties answer from ppressives is way to go
To achieve that you can use the concept of inheritance:
https://www.programiz.com/kotlin-programming/inheritance
Example:
open class Person(age: Int) {
// code for eating, talking, walking
}
class MathTeacher(age: Int): Person(age) {
// other features of math teacher
}
networkCall = NetworkCall(context)
val responceCall = networkCall!!.getRetrofit(true).callReadMeService()
responceCall.clone().enqueue(object : Callback<BaseResponse<*>?> {
override fun onResponse(call: Call<BaseResponse<*>?>, response: Response<BaseResponse<*>?>) {
networkCall!!.dismissLoading()
web_view!!.loadData((response.body()?.data as LinkedTreeMap<*, *>)["description"] as String, "text/html", "UTF-8")
}
override fun onFailure(call: Call<BaseResponse<*>?>, t: Throwable) {
networkCall!!.dismissLoading()
}
})
here is api method
#POST("stories/readme")
fun callReadMeService(): Call<BaseResponse<*>?>
now i am getting this exception
here is my BaseResponse class
class BaseResponse<T> {
var message: String? = null
var status: Boolean = false
var errors: Array<String>? = null
var code: String? = null
var data: T? = null
}
Method return type must not include a type variable or wildcard: retrofit2.Call>
for method IApi.callReadMeService
now i can't remove generic data variable from BaseResponse class, cause i am using this class as a common Api parser
any solution for this
You cannot do this, because the type info needs to be fully specified, otherwise retrofit cannot correctly generate the Service. See this discussion.
You need to create a different API method for each type.