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Kotlin data constructors suggestion

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Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
java, kotlin
Domain
tooling

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No file, test, or entry point is identified in the issue. Start by locating the existing mapper construction logic and Kotlin examples, then determine the expected behavior for data classes with required constructor arguments; done means such classes can be mapped without requiring an empty constructor and the behavior is covered by tests.

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Description

Thank you for your mapper. It is very useful for apps.

I am using kotlin data classes with val params:
data class Person (
var id: Int?=null
val name: String
val documentId: String
...
)
I can't use empty constructor due to notNull notation.
I could be wrong, at present time mapper demands empty constructors.

Is it possible to add mapper that uses args constructor?

Thank you,
Irina

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