In Kotlin, is there any shorter syntax for this code:
if(swipeView == null){
swipeView = view.find<MeasureTypePieChart>(R.id.swipeableView)
}
First i tried this:
swipeView ?: view.find<MeasureTypePieChart>(R.id.swipeableView)
but then i realised that wasn't an assignment, so that code does nothing. Then i tried:
swipeView = swipeView ?: view.find<MeasureTypePieChart>(R.id.swipeableView)
Which works, but it a bit verbose. I would expect something like this:
swipeView ?= view.find<MeasureTypePieChart>
But unfortunately that doesn't work. Is there any way of accomplish this with a short syntax?
I know i can do this:
variable?.let { it = something } which works.
Shorter syntax would be to avoid swipeView
from ever being null
.
If swipeView
is a local variable then you can declare it non-null when initially assigning it:
val swipeView = ... ?: view.find<MeasureTypePieChart>(R.id.swipeableView)
If swipeView
is a function argument then you can use a default argument to ensure it is never null
:
fun something(swipeView: View = view.find<MeasureTypePieChart>(R.id.swipeableView))
If swipeView
is a read-only class property (i.e. val
) then you can use Kotlin's built-in Lazy
:
val swipeView by lazy { view.find<MeasureTypePieChart>(R.id.swipeableView) }
If swipeView
is a mutable class property (i.e. var
) then you can define your own delegate similar to Lazy
but mutable. e.g. The following is based on kotlin/Lazy.kt:
interface MutableLazy<T> : Lazy<T> {
override var value: T
}
fun <T> mutableLazy(initializer: () -> T): MutableLazy<T> = SynchronizedMutableLazyImpl(initializer)
fun <T> mutableLazy(lock: Any?, initializer: () -> T): MutableLazy<T> = SynchronizedMutableLazyImpl(initializer, lock)
operator fun <T> MutableLazy<T>.getValue(thisRef: Any?, property: KProperty<*>): T = value
operator fun <T> MutableLazy<T>.setValue(thisRef: Any?, property: KProperty<*>, value: T) {
this.value = value
}
private object UNINITIALIZED_VALUE
private class SynchronizedMutableLazyImpl<T>(initializer: () -> T, lock: Any? = null) : MutableLazy<T>, Serializable {
private var initializer: (() -> T)? = initializer
@Volatile private var _value: Any? = UNINITIALIZED_VALUE
// final field is required to enable safe publication of constructed instance
private val lock = lock ?: this
override var value: T
get() {
val _v1 = _value
if (_v1 !== UNINITIALIZED_VALUE) {
@Suppress("UNCHECKED_CAST")
return _v1 as T
}
return synchronized(lock) {
val _v2 = _value
if (_v2 !== UNINITIALIZED_VALUE) {
@Suppress("UNCHECKED_CAST") (_v2 as T)
} else {
val typedValue = initializer!!()
_value = typedValue
initializer = null
typedValue
}
}
}
set(value) {
val _v1 = _value
if (_v1 !== UNINITIALIZED_VALUE) {
_value = value
} else synchronized(lock) {
_value = value
initializer = null
}
}
override fun isInitialized(): Boolean = _value !== UNINITIALIZED_VALUE
override fun toString(): String = if (isInitialized()) value.toString() else "MutableLazy value not initialized yet."
}
Usage:
var swipeView by mutableLazy { view.find<MeasureTypePieChart>(R.id.swipeableView) }
The initializer
will only be called if swipeView
is read and is not initialized yet (from a previous read or write).
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