Can i use an interface type as constructor parameter in Koltin

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Coming from Java, I define two interfaces for triangles:

interface TriangleA {
    val side: Double
    val corner1: Double
    val corner2: Double
}

interface TriangleB {
    val side1: Double   
    val side2: Double   
    val side3: Double   
}

Then I define an adapter class that accepts a TriangleB and exposes a TriangleA

class TriangleBAdapter(triangleB:TriangleB):TriangleA{

    override val side: Double
        get() = this.triangleB.side

    override val corner1: Double
        get() = TODO("Not yet implemented")

    override val corner2: Double
        get() = TODO("Not yet implemented")
}

Why isn't this valid Koltin? I get an "Unresolved reference: triangleB" error.

kotlin adapter interface constructor
1 Answers

Right now triangleB is just a constructor parameter. In Java, this would look like this:

class TriangleBAdapter implements TriangleA {

    public TriangleBAdapter(TriangleB triangleB) {
        // does nothing!
    }

    @Override
    public double getSide() {
        return triangleB.side; // error!
    }

    ...
}

You need to make triangleB also be a property, kind of like doing this in Java:

private final TriangleB triangleB;
public TriangleBAdapter(TriangleB triangleB) {
    this.triangleB = triangleB;
}

You can do this by adding val in front of it, and optionally also private:

class TriangleBAdapter(private val triangleB: TriangleB): TriangleA {

    override val side: Double
        get() = this.triangleB.side1

    ...
}
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