Not able to access protected member variable of Parent Kotlin class in Java child class

Question

abstract class Parent {

    protected var name : String

}

class Child extends Parent {

    private void childMethod() {
         name = "child";
    }
}

in Child class it gives me error name has private access in xxxChild (xxx is package name)

Answer 1

In java child class we can access the protected member variable of parent as getName(). Like a getter method is auto-generated. I am new to Kotlin, need to dig out more how the method is auto-generated.

Answer 2

If you want to access it as a field from Java, you should annotate the Kotlin property with @JvmField . Note that per that link, you can only annotate a property with @JvmField if it has a backing field, is not private, does not have open , override or const modifiers, and is not a delegated property (none of which apply here, so you're fine).