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package kotlin.reflect
/**
* Represents a callable entity, such as a function or a property.
*
* @param R return type of the callable.
*/
public interface KCallable : KAnnotatedElement {
/**
* The name of this callable as it was declared in the source code.
* If the callable has no name, a special invented name is created.
* Nameless callables include:
* - constructors have the name "",
* - property accessors: the getter for a property named "foo" will have the name "",
* the setter, similarly, will have the name "".
*/
public val name: String
/**
* Parameters required to make a call to this callable.
* If this callable requires a `this` instance or an extension receiver parameter,
* they come first in the list in that order.
*/
public val parameters: List
/**
* The type of values returned by this callable.
*/
public val returnType: KType
/**
* Calls this callable with the specified list of arguments and returns the result.
* Throws an exception if the number of specified arguments is not equal to the size of [parameters],
* or if their types do not match the types of the parameters.
*/
public fun call(vararg args: Any?): R
/**
* Calls this callable with the specified mapping of parameters to arguments and returns the result.
* If a parameter is not found in the mapping and is not optional (as per [KParameter.isOptional]),
* or its type does not match the type of the provided value, an exception is thrown.
*/
public fun callBy(args: Map): R
}