How to use generic data type as parameter in data binding?

Question

object BindingAdapter {
   @BindingAdapter("app:displayDate")
        @JvmStatic
        fun startDate(appCompatTextView: AppCompatTextView, item: SpecialOfferItem) {
            try {
                var strDate = ""
                strDate =
                    DateUtils.utcToCurrentTimeZone(item.startDate)
                appCompatTextView.text = strDate
            } catch (e: ParseException) {
                e.printStackTrace()
                appCompatTextView.text = ""
            }
        }

}

How to use SpecialOfferItem as a generic parameter. i want to make this function for multiple model class

Answer 1

class SomethingClass<T : BaseModel>{ 
@BindingAdapter("app:startDate")
    @JvmStatic
    fun startDate(appCompatTextView: AppCompatTextView, item: T) {
        try {
            var strDate = ""
            strDate =
                DateUtils.utcToCurrentTimeZone(item.startDate)
            appCompatTextView.text = strDate
        } catch (e: ParseException) {
            e.printStackTrace()
            appCompatTextView.text = ""
        }
    }
}

let all your models and classes you want to pass in the method to inherit from the BaseModel which contains the attributes you want to use.