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A property delegates to another property

Starting with Kotlin 1.4, a property can delegate its getter and setter to another property. This delegation is available for both top-level and class attributes (members and extensions).

Attribute Delegate attributes need to use the :: qualifier, for example, this:: Delegate or MyClass:: Delegate.

class MyClass(var memberInt: Int.val anotherClassInstance: ClassWithDelegate) {
    var delegatedToMember: Int by this::memberInt
    var delegatedToTopLevel: Int by ::topLevelInt
    
    val delegatedToAnotherClass: Int by anotherClassInstance::anotherClassInt
}
var MyClass.extDelegated: Int by ::topLevelInt
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When you want to rename an attribute in a backward-compatible way: introduce a new attribute, annotate the old attribute with the @deprecated annotation, and delegate its implementation.

class MyClass {
   var newName: Int = 0
   @Deprecated("Use 'newName' instead", ReplaceWith("newName"))
   var oldName: Int by this::newName
}

fun main(a) {
   val myClass = MyClass()
   // Notice: 'oldName: Int' is deprecated.
   // Use 'newName' instead
   myClass.oldName = 42
   println(myClass.newName) / / 42
}
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Store attributes in a map

class User(valmap: Map<String, Any? >) {val name: String by map
    val age: Int     by map
}
// The constructor also accepts a mapping
val user = User(mapOf(
    "name" to "John Doe"."age"  to 25
))
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Commissioned by the local

Local variables can be declared as delegate properties.

fun example(computeFoo: () -> Foo) {
    val memoizedFoo by lazy(computeFoo)

    if (someCondition && memoizedFoo.isValid()) {
        memoizedFoo.doSomething()
    }
}
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