Kotlin convert List to vararg

Question

I have input data of type List<UnitWithComponents>

class UnitWithComponents {
    var unit: Unit? = null
    var components: List<Component> = ArrayList()
}

I want to convert the data to a vararg of Unit

Currently I am doing *data.map { it.unit!! }.toTypedArray(). Is there a better way to do it?

Answer 1

fun foo(vararg strings: String) { /*...*/ }

Using

foo(strings = arrayOf("a", "b", "c"))

val list: MutableList<String> = listOf("a", "b", "c") as MutableList<String>
foo(strings = list.map { it }.toTypedArray())

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Named arguments are not allowed for non-Kotlin functions (*.java)

So, in this case you should replace:

From: strings = list.map { it }.toTypedArray()

To: *list.map { it }.toTypedArray()

GL

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Answer 2

No, that's the correct way to do it (assuming you want to throw an exception when it.unit is null for some element of the list).