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Mastering Kotlin
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Mastering Kotlin

by Nate Ebel
October 2019
Intermediate to advanced
434 pages
11h 54m
English
Packt Publishing
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Chapter 8: Controlling the Story

  1. What is the @JvmName annotation used for?
  • It can be used to change the name of the Java class generated by the Kotlin compiler to contain top-level functions and properties.
  1. What is the @JvmStatic annotation used for?
  • It indicates that the compiler should generate JVM static elements such as methods, getters, and setters for the annotated element.
  1. What does the @JvmOverloads annotation do when applied to a Kotlin function?
  • It denotes that the compiler should generate overloaded methods for a function that provide the Kotlin-defined default parameter values, making them available from Java through the overloaded methods.
  1. What are use-site targets used for?
  • They are used to specify which compiler-generated ...
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ISBN: 9781838555726