Add 2 or more constructors in kotlin

Question

how to add 2 or more constructors ?? i know the use of data class in kotlin, but i am not getting what exactly this keyword is in kotlin and why we have to put anything inside this?

public class Model {
    public String mId, mTitle, mDesc;

    public Model() {

    }

    public Model(String mId, String mTitle, String mDesc) {
        this.mId = mId;
        this.mTitle = mTitle;
        this.mDesc = mDesc;
    }

    public String getmId() {
        return mId;
    }

    public void setmId(String mId) {
        this.mId = mId;
    }

    public String getmTitle() {
        return mTitle;
    }

    public void setmTitle(String mTitle) {
        this.mTitle = mTitle;
    }

    public String getmDesc() {
        return mDesc;
    }

    public void setmDesc(String mDesc) {
        this.mDesc = mDesc;
    }
}

I know kotlin but not that much.

how i changed

data class model_for_single_row (val mId:String,val mTitle:String,val mDesc:String){
    constructor():this()
}

it gives me error to put something inside this. why we use this here and why we should put, and what we should put?

`data class model_for_single_row (val mId:String,val mTitle:String,val mDesc:String)` Will create a class with getters (and setters, if `var` used) for params you provided. If you want to omit one or more of them, you can do so by making them nullable (and maybe provide a default value) `data class MyClass(val name: String, val age: Int = null)` then, usage would be `val user = MyClass("Jerry")` — Krzysztof Borowy, Jun 30 '20 at 07:43
check this link https://stackoverflow.com/questions/37873995/how-to-create-empty-constructor-for-data-class-in-kotlin-android — darwin, Jun 30 '20 at 07:44
I think an empty / default constructor for a `data class` in Kotlin is somehow pointless... This kind of class is simply not meant to be initialized without initializing one or more of its attributes. But it may be possible, read about [Secondary Constructors](https://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/classes.html), please. — deHaar, Jun 30 '20 at 07:45

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 30 '20 at 07:43

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Default value of String in java is null, which isn't the case in Kotlin.

You can make fields nullable and attach their defualt values to null:

data class model_for_single_row(
    val mId: String? = null,
    val mTitle: String? = null,
    val mDesc: String? = null
)

You can call it like:

model_for_single_row()
model_for_single_row("id")
model_for_single_row("id", "title")
model_for_single_row("id", "title", "desc")
model_for_single_row(mTitle = "title")

Parameters not supplied will be null here.

answered Jun 30 '20 at 07:43

Animesh Sahu

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ok, so there is no need to add constructor keyword with this line? – Prabhat kumar Jun 30 '20 at 07:45
@Prabhatkumar the default values (nulls here) are assigned when not supplied. – Animesh Sahu Jun 30 '20 at 07:46

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 22 '22 at 11:08

Hope it could be useful, the this keyword is used concerning constructors inside a class :

1 - to delegate from a secondary constructor to the primary constructor, like this :

class Car(val id: String, val type: String) {
    constructor(id: String): this(id, "unknown")
}

2 - to delegate from a secondary constructor to another secondary constructor where no primary constructor is present; so here in this example there is a child class with more than one secondary constructor derived from a parent class with more than one secondary constructor and no primary constructor as well:

fun main(args: Array<String>) {

    val p1 = AuthLog("Bad Password")
}

open class Log {
    var data: String = ""
    var numberOfData = 0
    constructor(_data: String) {

    }
    constructor(_data: String, _numberOfData: Int) {
        data = _data
        numberOfData = _numberOfData
        println("$data: $numberOfData times")
    }
}

class AuthLog: Log {
    constructor(_data: String): this("From AuthLog -> + $_data", 10) {
    }

    constructor(_data: String, _numberOfData: Int): super(_data, _numberOfData) {
    }
}

Add 2 or more constructors in kotlin

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