Anyone know how to fix `Cannot access 'clazz': it ...

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[mwerschy]

Anyone know how to fix Cannot access 'clazz': it is private/*private to this*/ in 'Test'?

class Test<out T>(private val clazz: Class<@UnsafeVariance T>) {
    companion object {
        fun test(test: Test<*>) = test.clazz
    }
}

Making clazz public or making T invariant fixes the error but I'd prefer to avoid that. Companion objects should have access to private members so this should work as is.

[yaakov]

You can change it to protected if that helps.

I'm thinking you might be able to use a private constructor that acts as a public constructor.

[mwerschy]

@yaakov Well, better than public 🙂 I'd still prefer it to be private but protected will work if it that isn't possible.

How would a private constructor help here? The error is caused by the companion object method accessing clazz. I don't see how changing the constructor visibility would affect that.

[yaakov]

@mwerschy I think you're right. I tried this and I get the same error. I'm just throwing paint against a wall.

class Test<out T> private constructor(val clazz: Class<@UnsafeVariance T>) {
    companion object {
        fun test(test: Test<*>) = test.clazz
    }
}

[mwerschy]

Alright, thanks. I'll go with protected for now.