Can kotlin interface detects, on which class is attached to, on its own?-CodePudding

I have generic interface...

interface Parent<T> {
    fun function(entity: T): Int
}

And when I implement functionality with some child class...

class Other : Parent<Other> {
    override fun function(entity: Other): Int {
        return 42
    }
}

I'm bothered with the fact that I have to pass the same class type while implementing the interface... I would really like for the interface to be able to detect on which class is attached on its own without me providing the same type again...

I would like code something like this...

class Other : Parent {
    override fun function(entity: Other): Int {
        return 42
    }
}

Is it possible in kotlin to do that in some form?

CodePudding user response：

Not in the general case, but sometimes when a generic is fully constrained by another: https://kotlinlang.org/docs/generics.html#underscore-operator-for-type-arguments

CodePudding user response：

It looks like that this was in proposal for quite some time... If anyone alse missing this feature lets show interest for implmeneting this feature here: https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-6494