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

Consider using the recent library by JakeWharton that allows to just use @Exhaustive annotation.

sealed class RouletteColor {
  object Red : RouletteColor()
  object Black : RouletteColor()
  object Green : RouletteColor()
}

fun printColor(color: RouletteColor) {
  @Exhaustive
  when (color) {
    RouletteColor.Red -> println("red")
    RouletteColor.Black -> println("black")
  }
}

Usage:

buildscript {
  dependencies {
    classpath 'app.cash.exhaustive:exhaustive-gradle:0.1.1'
  }
  repositories {
    mavenCentral()
  }
}

apply plugin: 'org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm' // or .android or .multiplatform or .js
apply plugin: 'app.cash.exhaustive'

Lib: https://github.com/cashapp/exhaustive