Kotlin vs Java: Head to Head Comparison
Feature | Java | Kotlin |
Checked Exceptions | Available | Unavailable |
Code Conciseness | Can’t be labeled as concise | Better than Java |
Coroutines | Unavailable | Available |
Data Classes | Required to write a lot of boilerplate code | Requires adding only the data keyword in the class definition |
Extension Functions | Unavailable | Available |
Higher-Order Functions and Lambdas | Higher-order functions are implemented using Callables. Lambdas expressions are introduced in the Java 8 | Comes as one of the prebuilt features |
Implicit Widening Conversions | Available | Unavailable |
Inline Functions | Unavailable | Available |
Native Support for Delegation | Unavailable | Available |
Non-private Fields | Available | Unavailable |
NullPointerExceptions | Available | Unavailable |
Primitive Types | Variables of a primitive type aren’t objects | Variables of a primitive type are objects |
Smart Casts | Unavailable | Available |
Static Members | Available | Unavailable |
Support for Constructors | Can’t have secondary constructors. Although, can have multiple constructors (constructor overloading) | Can have one or more secondary constructors |
Ternary Operator | Available | Unavailable |
Wildcard Types | Available | Unavailable, has declaration-site variance and type projects as an alternative |
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