What's the Kotlin equivalent of Java's Str

问题:

I see that Kotlin has ByteArray, ShortArray, IntArray, CharArray, DoubleArray, FloatArray, which are equivalent to byte[], short[], int[],char[], double[], float[] in Java accordingly.

Now I'm wondering, is there any StringArray equivalent to Java's String[]?

回答1:

There's no special case for String, because String is an ordinary referential type on JVM, in contrast with Java primitives (int, double, ...) -- storing them in a reference Array<T> requires boxing them into objects like Integer and Double. The purpose of specialized arrays like IntArray in Kotlin is to store non-boxed primitives, getting rid of boxing and unboxing overhead (the same as Java int[] instead of Integer[]).

You can use Array<String> (and Array<String?> for nullables), which is equivalent to String[] in Java:

val stringsOrNulls = arrayOfNulls<String>(10) // returns Array<String?>
val someStrings = Array<String>(5) { "it = $it" }
val otherStrings = arrayOf("a", "b", "c")

See also: Arrays in the language reference

回答2:

Those types are there so that you can create arrays of the primitives, and not the boxed types. Since String isn't a primitive in Java, you can just use Array<String> in Kotlin as the equivalent of a Java String[].

回答3:

use arrayOf, arrayOfNulls, emptyArray

var colors_1: Array<String> = arrayOf("green", "red", "blue")
var colors_2: Array<String?> = arrayOfNulls(3)
var colors_3: Array<String> = emptyArray()

回答4:

For Strings and other types, you just use Array<*>. The reason IntArray and others exist is to prevent autoboxing.

So int[] relates to IntArray where Integer[] relates to Array<Int>.

回答5:

This example works perfectly in Android

In kotlin you can use a lambda expression for this. The Kotlin Array Constructor definition is:

Array(size: Int, init: (Int) -> T)

Which evaluates to:

skillsSummaryDetailLinesArray = Array(linesLen) {
        i: Int -> skillsSummaryDetailLines!!.getString(i)
}

Or:

skillsSummaryDetailLinesArray = Array<String>(linesLen) {
        i: Int -> skillsSummaryDetailLines!!.getString(i)
}

In this example the field definition was:

private var skillsSummaryDetailLinesArray: Array<String>? = null

Hope this helps