when extending a java class or implementing a java...

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[Hullaballoonatic]

when extending a java class or implementing a java interface that has getFoo defined but no foo, you cannot add val foo: Foo = ... to your kotlin class because of an "accidental override." Is there a way to tell the compiler you intended to override getFoo? or am I required to use the syntactically awful

private val foo: Foo = ...
override fun getFoo(): Foo = foo

[eekboom]

Unfortunately, there currently is no other way , I think.
See https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-6653