Can I turn this into a property with a `private se...

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[KronicDeth]

Can I turn this into a property with a private set and custom get?

java
  private ProjctSdksModel myModel
  public ProjectSdksModel getModel() {
    if (myModel == null) {
      myModel = new ProjectSdksModel();
      myModel.reset(null);
    }
    return myModel;

If I try

kotlin
var model: ProjectSdksModel? = null
        get() {
            if (this.model == null) {

            }

            return this.model
        }
        private set

I get warning that this.model is or model is recursive and my google-fu is failing for how to refer to the current property inside the getter

[Ruckus]

Inside your getter, you need to replace this.model with field
https://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/properties.html#backing-fields

[KronicDeth]

Thanks @Ruckus

[KronicDeth]

Is there something I should be doing different to avoid having to do !! immediately after initializing the field? I assume the mutability warning is for concurrency

get() {
            if (field == null) {
                field = ProjectSdksModel()
                field!!.reset(null)
            }

            return field
        }

[KronicDeth]

Maybe I should go the "Backing Properties" route, because the getter is non-null even if the field is null

[Ruckus]

You could always use something like field = ProjectSdksModel().apply { reset(null) }

[Ruckus]

But in this case, backing properties are the way to go.

[KronicDeth]

Is there a more compact way to handle the null reset back to field. It's not just a lateinit - there's other code that can reset the field to null

[Ruckus]

I don't know what reset(null) does, but a backing property should help separate the logic more cleanly.

[umar]

You can use lateinit backing property