A library from Square providing a Kotlin API for generating .kt source files.
A library from Square providing a Kotlin API for generating .kt source files. https://square.github.io/kotlinpoet/
Questions tagged [kotlinpoet]
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How to use KotlinPoet to get correct TypeName for PropertySpec
Using KotlinPoet, in order to generate a PropertySpec for adding properties to classes and constructors, you need a TypeName object.
The TypeMirror.asTypeName() KotlinPoet function is deprecated, because it won't always work correctly for Kotlin…
M Dapp
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Generate data class with KotlinPoet
I want to generate simple data class with KotlinPoet:
data class User(val id: Int)
I do it like that:
val builder = KotlinFile.builder("", "Foo")
val classBuilder = TypeSpec.classBuilder("User").addModifiers(KModifier.DATA)
val ctor =…
xap4o
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KClass reference for nullable values
In Kotlin, when declaring getting a KClass for a type, such as String::class (which represents values whose type will be String), is there a syntax to indicate that the value is nullable (ie represente String? values instead of String).
The context…
Antoine
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Kotlinpoet: Ommitting redundant `public` modifier from generated types and properties
Is there any way to omit the redundant public modifier from types and properties generated via
KotlinPoet's TypeSpec.Builder and PropertySpec.Builder respectively?
m_katsifarakis
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How to generate code with KotlinPoet when I am building my application? (Gradle)
I'm new using kotlinpoet and I've been reading the documentation and it seems like a great library, but I could not find an example to solve my problem.
I have a dependency lib-domain-0.1.jar in which I have business objects for example:
package…
TioCoding
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Use file templates to generate Kotlin code
I'm building a tool to help my dev team to be faster when coding. For that, I thought on creating some kind on command line interface to generate code that's somewhat boilerplate.
I found kotlinpoet, but I'm not sure if it's possible and how to use…
Ignacio Ruiz
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Android Annotation Code Generation - Android Classes
When starting to build my first code generation annotation, I've found I can't generate Android classes, such as SharedPreferences, since I start with a Java Library module in order to extend AbstractProcessor.
I'm using kotlinpoet to generate my…
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how to programatically mark generated source folder as Generated Sources Root
I am investigating generating Kotlin code with KotlinPoet
i would like to be able to programatically mark the target directory as "Generated Sources Root"
however i cannot see a KotlinPoet option for this.
is it possible to mark my target directory…
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Create a TypeSpec from an existing file with kotlinpoet
I need to make a copy of the class marked with my annotation, and then add my own code to it.
Class marked with my annotation:
@MyAnnotation
class Test {
private name = "Ann"
fun method1() {
println("Test")
}
}
Generated…
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How to get TypeName with correct nullable
I try to call this.asType().asTypeName().isNullable
isNullable - does not work correct.
I found a solution, but it does not look well:
fun Element.getTypeNameWithRealNullable(): TypeName {
val annotation =…
Vova
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With KotlinPoet or similar; generating a non-raw Kotlin string literal
Straightforward; is there a way to generate a valid Kotlin string literal (non-raw, as in non-triple-quote) from a string; I'm currently trying to accomplish this with KotlinPoet.
For clarity sake, example input:
Hello, how are you?
I'm doing…
Dan Lugg
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How do I generate a class which extends a class which implements a generic interface using kotlinpoet
Given an interface like
interface Builder {
fun build() : R
}
How do I generate a class BooBuilder which implements this interface using kotlinpoet.
I couldn't find an example on creating a generic interface (or class) in the…
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How to get the type of an instance of javax.lang.model.element.Element
I'm following Hello World of Annotation Processing in Kotlin and KotlinPoet's documentation and am trying to implement a generic builder for Kotlin. I'd like to generically create a method for every field in an annotated data class and give it's…
uzilan
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How to dynamically define a code block with parameters
I am stuck on this feature, below is the expected code to be generated, and the total number of parameters is not a fix number, there might be 2, or 3 or more.
val instance: InstanceType = Instance(parameter1, parameter2)
this is within one…
Jiachuan Li
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How to generate a class with a custom interface via kotlinpoet
I want to generate a kotlin class definition, this class implements an customized interface, the target class definition as below:
data class TemplateState(val data: String) : ContractState {
}
I used below poet code to generate it except the…
Jiachuan Li
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