How can I get a variable without creating a new instance Kotlin

Question

I'm learning Kotlin and I face some problems.

I want to get a variable from another class but when I call it, there is a new instance of the class who have the variable.

In Java, we're doing this

class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        SomeText.text = "another text";
        System.out.println(SomeText.text);
    }
}

class SomeText {
    public static String text = "My Text";
}

And the result is "another text".

But in Kotlin if I'm using this :

fun main(args: Array<String>) {
    SomeText().text = "Another text"
    println(SomeText().text)
}

class SomeText{
    var text = "My Text"
}

The result is "My Text".

Do you know how can I get the variable and edit it without creating a new instance ? I tried the SomeText::text but it return a KMutableProperty1 instead of a String.

Answer 1

You can simulate static in Kotlin by using companion objects. So the following in Java

class SomeText {
    public static String text = "My Text";
}

will be in Kotlin

class SomeText {
    companion object {
        var text = "My Text"
    }
}

Then, you just need to update your main:

fun main(args: Array<String>) {
    SomeText.text = "Another text"
    println(SomeText.text)
}