Is it possible to directly obtain the delegate object in property delegation? Currently, I am using ...

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[RE]

Is it possible to directly obtain the delegate object in property delegation? Currently, I am using two properties because I can't directly get the delegate object. For example:

private var _x = dirtyValue(x)
var x by _x

fun <T> dirtyValue(value: T?, dirtyInit: Boolean = false) = DirtyDelegation(value, dirtyInit)

class DirtyDelegation<T> internal constructor(
    var value: T?,
    var dirty: Boolean
) {
    operator fun getValue(thisRef: Any?, property: KProperty<*>): T? {
        return value
    }

    operator fun setValue(thisRef: Any?, property: KProperty<*>, value: T?) {
        this.value = value
        this.dirty = true
    }
}

This is what I do now, I have to use 2 properties because I can't get the delegate object
I want to access the dirty state, but var x by dirtyValue cannot do it

[Joffrey]

I think you could use the KProperty and getDelegate:
https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin.reflect/-k-property1/get-delegate.html)

But honestly this looks pretty clear to me with the 2 props, I don't think you would gain from using that reflection trick

[RE]

🫠 OK, thanks