Tutorial by Examples: companion

If you want to extend a class as-if you are a static function, for example for class Something add static looking function fromString, this can only work if the class has a companion object and that the extension function has been declared upon the companion object: class Something { compani...

Similar to using an Object Declaration, you can define the main function of a Kotlin program using a Companion Object of a class. package my.program class App { companion object { @JvmStatic fun main(args: Array<String>) { println("Hello World") ...

Singleton Objects Scala supports static members, but not in the same manner as Java. Scala provides an alternative to this called Singleton Objects. Singleton objects are similar to a normal class, except they can not be instantiated using the new keyword. Below is a sample singleton class: object...