there is no way to access a field of a class direc...

# getting-started

[Florian]

there is no way to access a field of a class directly from the outside ever?

[karelpeeters]

I think you can only access the backing field from the setter/getter and using reflection.

[Florian]

you mean the backing field through the getter and setter?

[Florian]

not directly?

[Florian]

I have to look into reflection tho

[karelpeeters]

You can access the backing field with the field soft keyword:

var x: Int = 0
    get() { return field }
    set(value) { field = value }

[karelpeeters]

And the answer to any question "can you access X?" is always going to be "yes, with reflection"

[Florian]

but the field keyword only works inside the class, right?

[Florian]

I meant "outside of the class"

[karelpeeters]

Yes.

[serebit]

If you annotate a property with @JvmField, it'll be compiled into a normal field

[Florian]

ok thank you