I found myself implementing various methods instea...

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[elect]

I found myself implementing various methods instead var with custom get and set methods because they are in an interface.. isn't there any other way?

[christopher]

You don’t want to do this?

interface Foo {
    var foo: String
        get() = ""
        set(value) {}
}

[elect]

I recall I tried that and it was complaining

[Andreas Sinz]

If its a java interface, you are out of luck

[elect]

thanks

[elect]

I expect in java to be translated as get* and set*, or?

[christopher]

You have to define the getter, because otherwise it tries to have a backing field, which it can’t in an interface.

[Andreas Sinz]

yes, but overriding a get* with a property gets very tricky in mixed inheritance architectures

[elect]

uhm, so better stay with the classical approach?

[christopher]

If you can’t overload the get and set methods in java (which I haven’t tried), and that’s something you need. then yes, I would say you’re stuck with having actual get and set methods in Kotlin.

[elect]

ok

[elect]

thanks

[Andreas Sinz]

@elect https://stackoverflow.com/a/38395507

[elect]

smart, I almost forgot about the possibility to rename them