Private getter and public setter for a Kotlin property

Question

How to make a property in Kotlin that has a private getter (or just do not have it) but has a public setter?

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Answer 1

In current Kotlin version (1.0.3) the only option is to have separate setter method like so:

class Test {
    private var name: String = "name"

    fun setName(name: String) {
        this.name = name
    }
}

If you wish to restrict external libraries from accessing the getter you can use internal visibility modifier allowing you to still use property syntax within the library:

class Test {
    internal var name: String = "name"
    fun setName(name: String) { this.name = name }
}

fun usage(){
    val t = Test()
    t.name = "New"
}