07-20-2023, 06:52 AM
I want to know what exactly an asterisk does before a variable name in Kotlin.
I saw this (`*args`) in a [Spring boot Kotlin example][1]:
@SpringBootApplication
open class Application {
@Bean
open fun init(repository: CustomerRepository) = CommandLineRunner {
repository.save(Customer("Jack", "Bauer"))
repository.save(Customer("Chloe", "O'Brian"))
repository.save(Customer("Kim", "Bauer"))
repository.save(Customer("David", "Palmer"))
repository.save(Customer("Michelle", "Dessler"))
}
}
fun main(args: Array<String>) {
SpringApplication.run(Application::class.java, *args)
}
[1]:
I saw this (`*args`) in a [Spring boot Kotlin example][1]:
@SpringBootApplication
open class Application {
@Bean
open fun init(repository: CustomerRepository) = CommandLineRunner {
repository.save(Customer("Jack", "Bauer"))
repository.save(Customer("Chloe", "O'Brian"))
repository.save(Customer("Kim", "Bauer"))
repository.save(Customer("David", "Palmer"))
repository.save(Customer("Michelle", "Dessler"))
}
}
fun main(args: Array<String>) {
SpringApplication.run(Application::class.java, *args)
}
[1]:
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