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Re: A question about some long java code that has getters/setters

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On Jul 26, 2:15 am, r...@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) wrote:
> Gene Wirchenko <ge...@ocis.net> writes:
> >>I would not call an »interesting idea«, what is the
> >>common standard of object-oriented programming teaching.
> >>Obviously, Getters and Setters break encapsulation.
> >Getters: yes.  Setters: maybe.
> >What is wrong with something like:
> >FilePrinter r=new FilePrinter();
> >// General Options
> >r.SetPrinter("\\Boojum");
> >r.SetCopies(1);
> >r.SetDoubleSided(true);
>
>   Before I can answer this, I need to know, whether there are
>   setters in the code above. How do you define »setter«? Is a
>   »setter« any one-argument method, whose name begins with »Set«?
>
>   (To apply my own definition, I would need to see the
>   documentation of a method, to judge whether it is a »setter«.)

If one were following the Java naming conventions, it would be a
method whose name begins with "set".

--
Lew

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