How can I initialize a mixin's immutable data in Dart?
By design it is not possible to declare a final member into a mixin because it is not possible to declare a constructor for initializing the final member, citing the docs:
However, in this proposal, a mixin may only be extracted from a class that has no declared constructors. This restriction avoids complications that arise due to the need to pass constructor parameters up the inheritance chain.
A compromise may be to declare a private member and implement only a getter._pinches
is visible only inside the library, it is read-only for library users.
mixin Salt { int _pinches; get pinches => _pinches;}class Meat with Salt { Meat(int pinches) { _pinches = pinches; }}
Note: the above pattern, because of the visibility rules, works only if the mixin and the mixed classes reside in the same library.
Similar to attdona's suggestion, but a little bit closer to what you really wanted, you could do it like
mixin Salt { int _pinches; int get pinches => _pinches; void initSalt(int pinches) { assert(_pinches == null); _pinches = pinches; }}class Meat with Salt { Meat(int pinches) { initSalt(pinches); }}
It's still not strictly final, but (so long as the mixin's in a different library so you can't change the private member directly) it's immutable at runtime. Not as good as if it could be properly final, but maybe close enough.