Kotlin: how to pass a function as parameter to another?

Question

Given function foo :

fun foo(m: String, bar: (m: String) -> Unit) {
    bar(m)
}

We can do:

foo(\"a message\", { println         


        

Answer 1

Use :: to signify a function reference, and then:

fun foo(m: String, bar: (m: String) -> Unit) {
    bar(m)
}

// my function to pass into the other
fun buz(m: String) {
    println("another message: $m")
}

// someone passing buz into foo
fun something() {
    foo("hi", ::buz)
}

Since Kotlin 1.1 you can now use functions that are class members ("Bound Callable References"), by prefixing the function reference operator with the instance:

foo("hi", OtherClass()::buz)

foo("hi", thatOtherThing::buz)

foo("hi", this::buz)