Kotlin vs.

Java

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Kotlin Java
● Available in Kotlin. Extensions are ● In Java, we need to create a new
useful as they allow developers to class to extend the functionality of
add methods to classes without the existing class, so from now
making changes to their source users can use a newly created
code. class everywhere to use the
extended functionality.
 2. Null safety

Kotlin Java
● Available. Kotlin type of system has ● Not available. In fact,
inbuilt null safety. NullPointerException is mainly
responsible for the development
errors of Android and Java.
 3. Static members

Kotlin Java
● In Kotlin, we can use the ● Available in Java. It is used for
companion object to create static memory management mainly. One
members of the class. An object can apply java static keyword with
declaration inside a class can be variables, methods, blocks and
marked with the companion nested class.
keyword.
 4. String templates

Kotlin Java
● Yes, there are two types of string ● Available in Java too, but it doesn’t
literals in Kotlin such as escaped support expression like Kotlin.
string and raw string.
● Kotlin string template also supports
expression.
 5. Coroutines

Kotlin Java
● In Kotlin, coroutines are ● In Java, users have two different
concurrency design pattern that can options such as RxJava and Project
be used to simplify code on Android Loom. RxJava is a library for
that performs asynchronously. composing asynchronous and
Coroutines were added to Kotlin in event-based programs using
1.3 version and they are based on observable sequences and Project
established concepts from other Loom supports a high-throughput,
languages. lightweight concurrency model in
Java.
 6. Wildcard-types

Kotlin Java
● No, Kotlin doesn’t have any ● Available in Java. Wildcard in
wildcard-types. But it has two other general code means (?) that
things, including declaration-site represents an unknown type. It can
variance and type projections. be used in different situations.
 7. Smart casts

Kotlin Java
● Yes, this feature is available in ● No, it is not available in Java.
Kotlin. It helps Kotlin compiler to However, to know the types in
track conditions inside if Java, we can use something like
expression. If the compiler finds a instanceof to check the type and
variable that is not null of type then cast it to the right type.
nullable, the compiler allows
accessing the variable.
 8. Lazy-Loading

Kotlin Java
● Yes, it is available in Kotlin. It ● This feature is not available in Java.
mainly decreased startup time that
is useful when using Kotlin for app
development.
 9. No checked exceptions

Kotlin Java
● Kotlin removed exceptions entirely ● In Java, the checked exceptions
in order to minimize verbosity and feature is a problem as it causes
improve type-safety. empty catch blocks.
 10. Operator overloading

Kotlin Java
● Yes, Kotlin allows users to provide ● In Java, operators are tied to
a way to invoke functions in order particular Java types. For instance,
to do an arithmetic operation, String and numeric types in Java
equality checks or comparison on can make use of + operator for
whatever object we want, through concatenation and addition.
symbols like +, -, /, *, %, <, >. Another Java type can’t reuse this
operator.
 11. Constructors

Kotlin Java
● Kotlin only has a primary ● In Java, constructors can be used
constructor and one or more to take parameters that is used to
secondary constructors. Talking initialize attributes.
about primary constructor, it is the
part of the class header and it goes
after the class name.
 12. Type System

Kotlin Java
● Kotlin typing system is mainly ● In Java, the type system involves
designed to give users nullability not only classes and primitive
support, type inference, and types. Other kinds of reference type
universal guards. are related to the basic concept of a
class; however, it varies in some
way, and are mainly treated in a
special way by Java or the JVM.
 13. Collections

Kotlin Java
● In Kotlin, the order of collections is ● In Java, a collection is a group of
similar as in Java: Collection, List individual objects that showed as a
and Set. The only difference that single unit. Java has a collection
you can see is – it’s divided framework, defining several classes
between mutable and immutable and interfaces to represent a group
types. Mutable types provide of objects as a single unit.
methods to change contents
whereas immutable types don’t.
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