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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