Force compilation error with sealed classes

Question

With sealed classes you can use exhaustive when expressions and omit the else clause when the expression returns a result:

sealed c         


        

Answer 1

The way to enforce exhaustive when is to make it an expression by using its value:

sealed class SealedClass {
    class First : SealedClass()
    class Second : SealedClass()
    class Third : SealedClass()
}

fun test(sealedClass: SealedClass) {
    val x = when (sealedClass) {
        is SealedClass.First -> doSomething()
        is SealedClass.Second -> doSomethingElse()
    }  // ERROR here

    // or

    when (sealedClass) {
        is SealedClass.First -> doSomething()
        is SealedClass.Second -> doSomethingElse()
    }.let {}  // ERROR here
}