whenOrNull<TResult extends Object?> method

  1. @optionalTypeArgs
TResult? whenOrNull<TResult extends Object?>()

A variant of when that fallback to returning null

It is equivalent to doing:

switch (sealedClass) {
  case Subclass(:final field):
    return ...;
  case _:
    return null;
}

Implementation

@optionalTypeArgs TResult? whenOrNull<TResult extends Object?>() {final _that = this;
switch (_that) {
case _:
  return null;

}
}