Reified Type Parameters
An explanation of reified type parameters, how they work, what they can be used for and how it can be tempting to confuse them for values
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This article is part of the Kotlin Primer, an opinionated guide to the Kotlin language, which is indented to help facilitate Kotlin adoption inside Java-centric organizations. It was originally written as an organizational learning resource for Etnetera a.s. and I would like to express my sincere gratitude for their support.
It is recommended to read the Introduction before moving on. Check out the Table of Contents for all articles.
Going back to generics, a common need when writing certain types of algorithms is to pass an actual type as a parameter. A simple example might be filtering instances of a specific type:
