types/kotools.types.collection/NotEmptyMap/Companion/createOrNull

createOrNull

@ExperimentalSince(version = KotoolsTypesVersion.V4_5_0)

fun <K, V> createOrNull(map: Map<K, V>): NotEmptyMap<K, V>?

Creates a NotEmptyMap containing all the entries of the specified map, or returns null if the map is empty.

Calling from Kotlin

Here's an example for calling this method from Kotlin code:

val map: Map<Char, Int> = mapOf('a' to 1, 'b' to 2)
val actual: NotEmptyMap<Char, Int>? = NotEmptyMap.createOrNull(map)
assertNotNull(actual)

The NotEmptyMap type being an inline value class, this method is not available yet for Java users.

Please note that changes made to the original map will not be reflected on the resulting NotEmptyMap.

val original: MutableMap<Char, Int> = mutableMapOf('a' to 1, 'b' to 2)
val notEmptyMap: NotEmptyMap<Char, Int>? =
    NotEmptyMap.createOrNull(original)
assertEquals(expected = "$original", actual = "$notEmptyMap")
original.clear()
assertNotEquals(illegal = "$original", actual = "$notEmptyMap")

You can use the NotEmptyMap.Companion.create method for throwing an exception instead of returning null in case of invalid map.