unpackOrNull

Unpacks this Any message into a message of type T, or returns null if the type does not match.

This method deserializes the content of this Any message and returns it as an instance of type T. Before unpacking, it verifies that the type URL matches the expected message type. If the type URL does not match, null is returned instead of throwing an exception.

Example:

val any: Any = receiveFromNetwork()
val timestamp = any.unpackOrNull<Timestamp>()
if (timestamp != null) {
    processTimestamp(timestamp)
}

Type Parameters

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Unpacks this Any message into a message of type kType, or returns null if the type does not match.

This method deserializes the content of this Any message and returns it as an instance of type kType. Before unpacking, it verifies that the type URL matches the expected message type. If the type URL does not match, null is returned instead of throwing an exception.

Example:

val any: Any = receiveFromNetwork()
val timestamp = any.unpackOrNull<Timestamp>(typeOf<Timestamp>())
if (timestamp != null) {
    processTimestamp(timestamp)
}

Parameters

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Unpacks this Any message into a message of class kClass, or returns null if the type does not match.

This method deserializes the content of this Any message and returns it as an instance of class kClass. Before unpacking, it verifies that the type URL matches the expected message type. If the type URL does not match, null is returned instead of throwing an exception.

Example:

val any: Any = receiveFromNetwork()
val timestamp = any.unpackOrNull(Timestamp::class)
if (timestamp != null) {
    processTimestamp(timestamp)
}

Parameters

See also