object instatiation for java class returning SELF is not working kotlin

Question

I have a java class

public class CouchbaseContainer<SELF extends CouchbaseContainer<SELF>>

when i try to create object for this in kotlin

val couchbase = CouchbaseContainer()

Kotlin is throwing error

Type inference failed: Not enough information to infer parameter SELF in constructor CouchbaseContainer!> (). Pleasespecify it explicity

but i am able to create this object in Java as shown below :

CouchbaseContainer couchbase = new CouchbaseContainer();

Answer 1

Try this:

class KCouchbaseContainer : CouchbaseContainer<KCouchbaseContainer>()
val couchbase = KCouchbaseContainer()