Null Safety, LateInit and Lazy Keyword

Author: smartherd

src/46_null_safety.kt

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+
+fun main(args: Array<String>) {
+
+    // WAP to find out length of name
+    val name: String? = "Steve"     // change it to null and see the effect in output
+
+    // 1. Safe Call ( ?. )
+    // Returns the length if 'name' is not null else returns NULL
+    // Use it if you don't mind getting NULL value
+    println("The length of name is ${name?.length}")
+
+
+    // 2. Safe Call with let ( ?.let )
+    // It executes the block ONLY IF name is NOT NULL
+    name?.let {
+        println("The length of name is ${name.length}")
+    }
+
+
+    // 3. Elvis-operator ( ?: )
+    // When we have nullable reference 'name', we can say "is name is not null", use it,
+    // otherwise use some non-null value"
+    val len = if (name != null)
+        name.length
+    else
+        -1
+
+    val length = name?.length ?: -1
+    println("The length of name is ${length}")
+
+    // 4. Non-null assertion operator ( !! )
+    // Use it when you are sure the value is NOT NULL
+    // Throws NullPointerException if the value is found to be NULL
+
+    println("The length of name is ${name!!.length}")
+}

src/47_lateinit_keyword.kt

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+
+
+fun main(args: Array<String>) {
+
+    val country = Country()
+
+//    country.name = "India"
+//    println(country.name)
+
+    country.setup()
+}
+
+class Country {
+
+    lateinit var name: String
+
+    fun setup() {
+        name = "USA"
+        println("The name of country is $name")
+    }
+}
+
+// lateinit used only with mutable data type [ var ]
+// lateinit used only with non-nullable data type
+// lateinit values must be initialised before you use it
+
+// If you try to access lateinit variable without initializing it then it throws UninitializedPropertyAccessException

src/48_lazy_keyword.kt

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+
+
+val pi: Float by lazy {
+    3.14f
+}
+
+fun main(args: Array<String>) {
+
+    println("Some initial code.....")
+
+    // pi is not initialised yet
+
+    val area1 = pi * 4 * 4      // pi gets initialised and assigned the value of 3.14f for the first time
+
+    val area2 = pi * 9 * 9      // The value pi is loaded from cache memory
+
+    println("Some more code....")
+}
+
+
+// ‘lazy initialization’ was designed to prevent unnecessary initialization of objects.
+// You variables will not be initialised unless you use it in your code
+// It is initialized only once. Next time when you use it, you get the value from cache memory.
+
+// It is thread safe
+// It is initialized in the thread where it is used for the first time.
+// Other threads use the same value stored in the cache
+
+// The variable can be var or val.
+// The variable can be nullable or non-nullable