선언 위치 변성: in과 out

val strings: List<String> = listOf("a", "b")
val anys: List<Any> = strings  // OK because List<out T>
// MutableList<String> is NOT a subtype of MutableList<Any>:
// val m: MutableList<Any> = mutableListOf("x") // compile error
fun main() { println(anys) }

interface Producer<out T> {
    fun produce(): T
}
class DogProducer : Producer<String> {
    override fun produce() = "Woof!"
}
fun sound(p: Producer<Any>) = println(p.produce())
fun main() {
    val dog = DogProducer()
    sound(dog)  // OK: Producer<String> is a subtype of Producer<Any>
}

interface Consumer<in T> {
    fun consume(item: T)
}
class Printer : Consumer<Any> {
    override fun consume(item: Any) = println(item)
}
fun feedDog(consumer: Consumer<String>) = consumer.consume("Dog")
fun main() {
    val printer = Printer()
    feedDog(printer)  // OK: Consumer<Any> is a subtype of Consumer<String>
}

interface ReadOnly<out T> {
    fun get(): T          // OK: out position
    // fun set(t: T) {}  // Error: T in in-position violates out variance
}
class Box<out T>(private val value: T) : ReadOnly<T> {
    override fun get() = value
}
fun main() {
    val box: ReadOnly<Any> = Box<String>("hello")
    println(box.get())
}

interface WriteOnly<in T> {
    fun set(t: T)        // OK: in position
    // fun get(): T {}  // Error: T in out-position violates in variance
}
class Sink<in T> : WriteOnly<T> {
    override fun set(t: T) = println("Received: $t")
}
fun main() {
    val sink: WriteOnly<String> = Sink<Any>()
    sink.set("hello")
}

fun sortNumbers(list: List<Number>) = list.sortedWith(compareBy { it.toDouble() })
fun main() {
    val ints: List<Int> = listOf(3, 1, 2)
    val sorted = sortNumbers(ints)  // OK: List<Int> is List<Number>
    println(sorted)
}

fun addNumber(list: MutableList<Number>) { list.add(1.5) }
fun main() {
    val ints = mutableListOf<Int>(1, 2)
    // addNumber(ints) // compile error: MutableList<Int> is not MutableList<Number>
    val nums = mutableListOf<Number>(1, 2)
    addNumber(nums)   // OK
    println(nums)
}

fun copy(from: MutableList<out Any>, to: MutableList<Any>) {
    for (item in from) to.add(item)
}
fun main() {
    val src = mutableListOf("a", "b", "c")
    val dest = mutableListOf<Any>()
    copy(src, dest)
    println(dest)
}

interface Repository<out T> {
    fun findAll(): List<T>
    fun findById(id: Int): T?
}
interface Writer<in T> {
    fun save(entity: T)
}
interface ReadWriteRepo<T> : Repository<T>, Writer<T>
// ReadWriteRepo<User> is neither sub nor super of ReadWriteRepo<Admin>

// Quick mental model:
// out T: source/producer  — List, Flow, Sequence
// in  T: sink/consumer    — Comparable, Continuation
// invariant: read+write   — MutableList, Channel, MutableStateFlow
fun main() {
    val nums: List<Number> = listOf(1, 2, 3)  // List is out
    println(nums)
}

class Stack<T>(private val items: MutableList<T> = mutableListOf()) {
    fun push(item: T) = items.add(item)
    fun pop(): T? = items.removeLastOrNull()
}
fun printAll(stack: Stack<out Any>) {
    // can only read, not write
    println(stack.pop())
}
fun main() {
    val s = Stack<String>()
    s.push("hello")
    printAll(s)
}