Companion objects and properties
A companion object in Kotlin is a special object within a class that allows you to define functions and properties associated with the class, like static members in Java. However, unlike Java’s static members, companion objects offer more flexibility. In Kotlin, you can implement interfaces, extend other classes, and maintain a clean object-oriented approach by encapsulating static-like behavior in an object. This makes companion objects more versatile, allowing you to retain all the benefits of Kotlin’s object model, such as inheritance and interface implementation, while still providing static-like functionality.
In some ways, it is the equivalent of Java’s static members, except that in Kotlin, the word static does not exist.
Let’s use some simple code to explain the concept of companion objects. We need to create a simple class. We will use the name MyClass, and this is the code:
class MyClass {
companion...
