KClass<T extends Any> class abstract interface

Represents a class and provides introspection capabilities.

Instances of this class are obtainable by the ::class syntax.

See the Kotlin language documentation for more information.

Implemented types
Available extensions

Properties

annotations → List<Annotation>
Annotations which are present on this element.
no setterinherited
constructors → Collection<KFunction<T>>
All constructors declared in this class.
no setter
hashCode → int
The hash code for this object.
no setterinherited
isAbstract → Boolean
Returns true if this class is abstract.
no setter
isCompanion → Boolean
Returns true if this class is a companion object.
no setter
members → Collection<KCallable>
Annotations which are present on this element.
no setterinherited
runtimeType → Type
A representation of the runtime type of the object.
no setterinherited
simpleName → String?
The simple name of the class as it was declared in the source code, or null if the class has no name (if, for example, it is a class of an anonymous object).
no setter
starProjectedType → KType

Available on KClassifier, provided by the KClassifierExtension extension

Creates an instance of KType with the given classifier, substituting all its type parameters with star projections.
no setter
supertypes → List<KType>
The list of immediate supertypes of this class, in the order they are listed in the source code.
no setter
typeParameters → List<KTypeParameter>
The list of type parameters of this class.
no setter
visibility → KVisibility?
Visibility of this class, or null if its visibility cannot be represented in Kotlin.
no setter

Methods

createType({List<KTypeProjection> arguments = const [], List<Annotation> annotations = const [], Boolean nullable = false}) → KType

Available on KClassifier, provided by the KClassifierExtension extension

Creates a KType instance with the given classifier, type arguments, nullability and annotations.
isInstance(Any? value) → Boolean
Returns true if value is an instance of this class on a given platform.
noSuchMethod(Invocation invocation) → dynamic
Invoked when a nonexistent method or property is accessed.
inherited
toString() → String
A string representation of this object.
inherited

Operators

operator ==(Object other) → bool
The equality operator.
inherited