KRef - Better support for java.lang.ref in Kotlin

Getting started

Prerequisites

• You only need to have Kotlin and Java 1.8

Installing

To install KRef you need to follow these steps:

• Clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/NKB03/KRef <target_dir>
• Build with gradle: gradle build
• Publish to maven local to make the library available for other projects: gradle publishToMavenLocal
• Open in IntelliJ or any other IDE
  If any errors occur while installing please feel free to create an issue or write me an e-mail.

Running tests

To run the tests you IntelliJ and the Kotlin Spek Plugin.
Just the Spec in package org.nikok.kref in the test source root and see the results.
Testing via gradle is not supported.

Contributing

Contributing is very much appreciated. Please feel free to suggest any improvements by creating an issue.
If you have questions about the API or the internals just contact me via e-mail.

Authors

• Nikolaus Knop (niko.knop003@gmail.com)

The KRef API

Readonly reference delegates

Strong references

val int by strong(23)

Soft references

val int by soft(34)

Weak references

val i by weak(45)

Read-Write reference delegates

Strong references

var int by mutableStrong(23)

Soft references

var int by mutableSoft(34)

Weak references

var i by mutableWeak(45)

RefWrapper

Reference wrappers simplify changing the kind of reference to an object