How to accept any derived class KClass

Question

I have this code

import kotlin.reflect.KClass

fun <T: Any> test(arr: Array<KClass<T>>) {
    print(arr)
}

fun main() {
    test<Number>(arrayOf(Int::class, Short::class))
}

But this will throw

Type mismatch: inferred type is Number but Int was expected
Type mismatch: inferred type is Short but Int was expected
Type mismatch: inferred type is Number but Short was expected
Type mismatch: inferred type is Int but Short was expected
Type mismatch: inferred type is KClass<Short> but KClass<Int> was expected
Type mismatch: inferred type is KClass<Int> but KClass<Short> was expected
Type mismatch: inferred type is KClass<Short> but KClass<Int> was expected

Everytime I run it

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Answer 1

You can make use of use-site variance and change the parameter type to Array<KClass<out T>>.

import kotlin.reflect.KClass

fun <T: Any> test(arr: Array<KClass<out T>>) {
    print(arr)
}

fun main() {
    test<Number>(arrayOf(Int::class, Short::class))
}