I have a legacy class hierarchy whose parent have ...

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[Czar]

I have a legacy class hierarchy whose parent have following method:

// here Function is: com.google.common.base.Function;
public <T, F> T apply(Function<F, T> function) {
	return function.apply((F) this);
}

And when I try to use Kotlin's MyClass().apply { /* set some properties */ } it does not work, compiler says

Type inference failed: Not enough information to infer parameter F in 
fun <T : Any!, F : Any!> apply(function: ((input: F?) → T?)!): T!
Please specify it explicitly.

Can I fix this without touching the legacy class? Or am I stuck with using .also {} as a replacement?