Hi, in a situation like this: <https://pl.kotl.in/vK8g6iJtG> is there a way to implement this interf...

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[thana]

Hi,
in a situation like this: https://pl.kotl.in/vK8g6iJtG
is there a way to implement this interface while keeping the username part of the primary ctor and without changing its name?

[Joffrey]

If the interface is defined in Kotlin, you should instead declare a property instead of a getter, then overriding it is simple:

interface Foo {
    val username: String
}

data class User(override val username: String): Foo

[thana]

unfortunately its defined in java

[thana]

and not even by me, but by a library

[Joffrey]

Ah if it's Java then it will indeed be a problem, see:
https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-6653

[thana]

funny, thats even the very same interface i have problems with 😄

[thana]

thank you 🙂

[Nick Allen]

You could use @get:JvmName("getUsernameKt") on the constructor parameter to avoid that conflict with the getUsername override method.

[thana]

@Nick Allen awesome, thank you!