How to access a Kotlin private top-level property in the unnamed (main) file?

Question

How to use Java or Kotlin reflection to access the value of a private variable in the Main.kt file?

package com.example

private val myName = "abc"

fun main() {
    println(myName)    
}

Related: How to change a kotlin private val using reflection? — Mahozad
– Mahozad, Commented Sep 3, 2024 at 7:40

Mahozad · Accepted Answer · 2024-09-01 11:26:31Z

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val myName = Class
    .forName("com.example.MainKt") // Make sure to use the complete class name
    .getDeclaredField("myName")
    .apply { isAccessible = true }
    .get(null /* because a top-level property is static */) as String
println(myName) // abc

edited Sep 1, 2024 at 11:26

answered Sep 1, 2024 at 11:21

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