Moai Lang Kotlin

Quick Reference (30 seconds)

Kotlin 2.0+ Expert - K2 compiler, coroutines, Ktor, Compose Multiplatform with Context7 integration.

Auto-Triggers: Kotlin files (.kt, .kts), Gradle Kotlin DSL (build.gradle.kts, settings.gradle.kts)

Core Capabilities:

• Kotlin 2.0: K2 compiler, coroutines, Flow, sealed classes, value classes
• Ktor 3.0: Async HTTP server/​client, WebSocket, JWT authentication
• Exposed 0.55: Kotlin SQL framework with coroutines support
• Spring Boot (Kotlin): Kotlin-idiomatic Spring with WebFlux
• Compose Multiplatform: Desktop, iOS, Web, Android UI
• Testing: JUnit 5, MockK, Kotest, Turbine for Flow testing

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Implementation Guide (5 minutes)

Kotlin 2.0 Features

Coroutines and Flow:

// Structured concurrency with async/​await
suspend fun fetchUserWithOrders(userId: Long): UserWithOrders = coroutineScope {
    val userDeferred = async { userRepository.findById(userId) }
    val ordersDeferred = async { orderRepository.findByUserId(userId) }
    UserWithOrders(userDeferred.await(), ordersDeferred.await())
}

// Flow for reactive streams
fun observeUsers(): Flow<User> = flow {
    while (true) {
        emit(userRepository.findLatest())
        delay(1000)
    }
}.flowOn(Dispatchers.IO)

Sealed Classes and Value Classes:

sealed interface Result<out T> {
    data class Success<T>(val data: T) : Result<T>
    data class Error(val exception: Throwable) : Result<Nothing>
    data object Loading : Result<Nothing>
}

@JvmInline
value class UserId(val value: Long) {
    init { require(value > 0) { "UserId must be positive" } }
}

@JvmInline
value class Email(val value: String) {
    init { require(value.contains("@")) { "Invalid email format" } }
}

Ktor 3.0 Server

Application Setup:

fun main() {
    embeddedServer(Netty, port = 8080, host = "0.0.0.0") {
        configureKoin()
        configureSecurity()
        configureRouting()
        configureContentNegotiation()
    }.start(wait = true)
}

fun Application.configureKoin() {
    install(Koin) { modules(appModule) }
}

val appModule = module {
    single<Database> { DatabaseFactory.create() }
    single<UserRepository> { UserRepositoryImpl(get()) }
    single<UserService> { UserServiceImpl(get()) }
}

fun Application.configureSecurity() {
    install(Authentication) {
        jwt("auth-jwt") {
            realm = "User API"
            verifier(JwtConfig.verifier)
            validate { credential ->
                if (credential.payload.audience.contains("api"))
                    JWTPrincipal(credential.payload) else null
            }
        }
    }
}

fun Application.configureContentNegotiation() {
    install(ContentNegotiation) {
        json(Json { prettyPrint = true; ignoreUnknownKeys = true })
    }
}

Routing with Authentication:

fun Application.configureRouting() {
    val userService by inject<UserService>()

    routing {
        route("/​api/​v1") {
            post("/​auth/​register") {
                val request = call.receive<CreateUserRequest>()
                val user = userService.create(request)
                call.respond(HttpStatusCode.Created, user.toDto())
            }

            authenticate("auth-jwt") {
                route("/​users") {
                    get {
                        val page = call.parameters["page"]?.toIntOrNull() ?: 0
                        val size = call.parameters["size"]?.toIntOrNull() ?: 20
                        call.respond(userService.findAll(page, size).map { it.toDto() })
                    }

                    get("/​{id}") {
                        val id = call.parameters["id"]?.toLongOrNull()
                            ?: return@get call.respond(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest)
                        userService.findById(id)?.let { call.respond(it.toDto()) }
                            ?: call.respond(HttpStatusCode.NotFound)
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

Exposed SQL Framework

Table and Entity:

object Users : LongIdTable("users") {
    val name = varchar("name", 100)
    val email = varchar("email", 255).uniqueIndex()
    val passwordHash = varchar("password_hash", 255)
    val status = enumerationByName<UserStatus>("status", 20)
    val createdAt = timestamp("created_at").defaultExpression(CurrentTimestamp())
}

class UserEntity(id: EntityID<Long>) : LongEntity(id) {
    companion object : LongEntityClass<UserEntity>(Users)
    var name by Users.name
    var email by Users.email
    var passwordHash by Users.passwordHash
    var status by Users.status
    var createdAt by Users.createdAt

    fun toModel() = User(id.value, name, email, passwordHash, status, createdAt)
}

Repository with Coroutines:

class UserRepositoryImpl(private val database: Database) : UserRepository {
    override suspend fun findById(id: Long): User? = dbQuery {
        UserEntity.findById(id)?.toModel()
    }

    override suspend fun save(user: User): User = dbQuery {
        UserEntity.new {
            name = user.name
            email = user.email
            passwordHash = user.passwordHash
            status = user.status
        }.toModel()
    }

    private suspend fun <T> dbQuery(block: suspend () -> T): T =
        newSuspendedTransaction(Dispatchers.IO, database) { block() }
}

Spring Boot with Kotlin

WebFlux Controller:

@RestController
@RequestMapping("/​api/​users")
class UserController(private val userService: UserService) {

    @GetMapping
    suspend fun listUsers(
        @RequestParam(defaultValue = "0") page: Int,
        @RequestParam(defaultValue = "20") size: Int
    ): Flow<UserDto> = userService.findAll(page, size).map { it.toDto() }

    @GetMapping("/​{id}")
    suspend fun getUser(@PathVariable id: Long): ResponseEntity<UserDto> =
        userService.findById(id)?.let { ResponseEntity.ok(it.toDto()) }
            ?: ResponseEntity.notFound().build()

    @PostMapping
    suspend fun createUser(@Valid @RequestBody request: CreateUserRequest): ResponseEntity<UserDto> {
        val user = userService.create(request)
        return ResponseEntity.created(URI.create("/​api/​users/​${user.id}")).body(user.toDto())
    }
}

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Advanced Patterns

Compose Multiplatform

Shared UI Component:

@Composable
fun UserListScreen(viewModel: UserListViewModel, onUserClick: (Long) -> Unit) {
    val uiState by viewModel.uiState.collectAsState()

    when (val state = uiState) {
        is UiState.Loading -> LoadingIndicator()
        is UiState.Success -> UserList(state.users, onUserClick)
        is UiState.Error -> ErrorMessage(state.message, onRetry = viewModel::retry)
    }
}

@Composable
fun UserCard(user: User, onClick: () -> Unit) {
    Card(
        modifier = Modifier.fillMaxWidth().clickable(onClick = onClick),
        elevation = CardDefaults.cardElevation(4.dp)
    ) {
        Row(modifier = Modifier.padding(16.dp)) {
            AsyncImage(model = user.avatarUrl, contentDescription = user.name,
                modifier = Modifier.size(48.dp).clip(CircleShape))
            Spacer(Modifier.width(16.dp))
            Column {
                Text(user.name, style = MaterialTheme.typography.titleMedium)
                Text(user.email, style = MaterialTheme.typography.bodySmall)
            }
        }
    }
}

Testing with MockK

class UserServiceTest {
    private val userRepository = mockk<UserRepository>()
    private val userService = UserService(userRepository)

    @Test
    fun `should fetch user concurrently`() = runTest {
        val testUser = User(1L, "John", "[email protected]")
        coEvery { userRepository.findById(1L) } coAnswers { delay(100); testUser }

        val result = userService.findById(1L)
        assertThat(result).isEqualTo(testUser)
    }

    @Test
    fun `should handle Flow emissions`() = runTest {
        val users = listOf(User(1L, "John", "[email protected]"))
        coEvery { userRepository.findAllAsFlow() } returns users.asFlow()

        userService.streamUsers().toList().also { result ->
            assertThat(result).hasSize(1)
        }
    }
}

Gradle Build Configuration

plugins {
    kotlin("jvm") version "2.0.20"
    kotlin("plugin.serialization") version "2.0.20"
    id("io.ktor.plugin") version "3.0.0"
}

kotlin { jvmToolchain(21) }

dependencies {
    implementation("io.ktor:ktor-server-core-jvm")
    implementation("io.ktor:ktor-server-netty-jvm")
    implementation("io.ktor:ktor-server-content-negotiation-jvm")
    implementation("io.ktor:ktor-server-auth-jwt-jvm")
    implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-core:1.9.0")
    implementation("org.jetbrains.exposed:exposed-core:0.55.0")
    implementation("org.jetbrains.exposed:exposed-dao:0.55.0")
    implementation("org.postgresql:postgresql:42.7.3")

    testImplementation("io.mockk:mockk:1.13.12")
    testImplementation("org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-test:1.9.0")
    testImplementation("app.cash.turbine:turbine:1.1.0")
}

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Context7 Integration

Library mappings for latest documentation:

• /​ktorio/​ktor - Ktor 3.0 server/​client documentation
• /​jetbrains/​exposed - Exposed SQL framework
• /​JetBrains/​kotlin - Kotlin 2.0 language reference
• /​Kotlin/​kotlinx.coroutines - Coroutines library
• /​jetbrains/​compose-multiplatform - Compose Multiplatform
• /​arrow-kt/​arrow - Arrow functional programming

Usage:

docs = await mcp__context7__get_library_docs(
    context7CompatibleLibraryID="/​ktorio/​ktor",
    topic="routing authentication jwt",
    tokens=8000
)

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When to Use Kotlin

Use Kotlin When:

• Developing Android applications (official language)
• Building modern server applications with Ktor
• Preferring concise, expressive syntax
• Building reactive services with coroutines and Flow
• Creating multiplatform applications (iOS, Desktop, Web)
• Full Java interoperability required

Consider Alternatives When:

• Legacy Java codebase requiring minimal changes
• Big data pipelines (prefer Scala with Spark)

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Works Well With

• moai-lang-java - Java interoperability and Spring Boot patterns
• moai-domain-backend - REST API, GraphQL, microservices architecture
• moai-domain-database - JPA, Exposed, R2DBC patterns
• moai-quality-testing - JUnit 5, MockK, TestContainers integration
• moai-infra-docker - JVM container optimization

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Troubleshooting

K2 Compiler: Add kotlin.experimental.tryK2=true to gradle.properties; clear .gradle for rebuild

Coroutines: Avoid runBlocking in suspend contexts; use Dispatchers.IO for blocking operations

Ktor: Ensure ContentNegotiation installed; check JWT verifier configuration; verify routing hierarchy

Exposed: Ensure all DB operations in transaction; be aware of entity loading outside transaction

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Advanced Documentation

For comprehensive reference materials:

• reference.md - Complete ecosystem, Context7 mappings, testing patterns, performance
• examples.md - Production-ready code examples, Ktor, Compose, Android patterns

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Last Updated: 2025-12-07 Status: Production Ready (v1.0.0)