Calling Kotlin from Java

Calling Kotlin from Java

Kotlin code can be called from Java easily.

Properties

A Kotlin property is compiled to the following Java elements:

• A getter method, with the name calculated by prepending the get suffix;
• A setter method, with the name calculated by prepending the set suffix (only for var properties);
• A private field, with the same name as the property name (only for properties with backing fields).

For example, var firstName: String gets compiled to the following Java declarations:

private String firstName;

public String getFirstName() {
    return firstName;
}

public void setFirstName(String firstName) {
    this.firstName = firstName;
}

If the name of the property starts with is, a different name mapping rule is used: the name of the getter will be the same as the property