You could make it a lot more concise though. Using...

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[kingsley]

You could make it a lot more concise though. Using Kotlin's observable delegate for example

class ViewModel(val id: String) : BaseObservable() {

    @get:Bindable
    var name by Delegates.observable("Name") {
        kproperty, old, new ->
        notifyPropertyChanged(BR.name)
    }
}