For data class, you can get 'copy' method, and also destructing:
data class Customer (val name: String, val address: String, var age: Int) { // if we don't want to pass in the address constructor(name: String, age: Int) : this(name, "", age) // secondary constructor must call primary constructor } fun main(args: Array<String>) { val c1 = Customer("Wan", 30) val (name, address, age) = c1 // you can only get destructing from data class println(age) // 30 val c2 = c1.copy(name="Zhen") println(c2.name) // Zhen }
If you also want to get destructuring from normal class, you can use 'componentN':
class AlternativeCustomer (val name: String, var age: Int) { var address: String // init will run whenever primary constructor run init { address = "" } constructor(name: String, address: String, age: Int): this(name, age) { this.address = address } operator fun component1() = name operator fun component2() = age } fun main(args: Array<String>) { val c3 = AlternativeCustomer("Tian", 23) val(n, ag) = c3 println(n) // Tian println(age) // 30 }