title: what is the purpose of angle brackets in Kotlin after a method that should require a parenthesis?
body: <p>On the official <a href="https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/layout/recyclerview#kotlin" rel="nofollow noreferrer">guide</a> on RecyclerView,
  is written </p>
  
  <pre><code>recyclerView = findViewById&lt;RecyclerView&gt;(R.id.my_recycler_view).apply {
      // use this setting to improve performance if you know that changes
      // in content do not change the layout size of the RecyclerView
      setHasFixedSize(true)
  
      // use a linear layout manager
      layoutManager = viewManager
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I cannot get the meaning of the angle bracket,
  my intuition is that they are similar to the keyword <code>as</code>, is that correct?</p>
  
  <pre><code>recyclerView =  view.findViewById&lt;RecyclerView&gt;(R.id.recycler_view) as RecyclerView
  
  that I use in my Fragment( please notice the variable view
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>that I declarated into <code>onCreateView</code></p>
  
  <pre><code>val view = inflater!!.inflate(R.layout.bezinning_fragment, container, false)
  </code></pre>