From: Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Enums: Properties vs. Methods
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On 29/03/2011 21:52, Roedy Green allegedly wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Mar 2011 08:18:28 -0700 (PDT), Robert Klemme
> <shortcutter@googlemail.com>  wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted
> someone who said :
>
>>   Prop(boolean a, boolean b) {
>>       this.a = a;
>>       this.b = b;
>>     }
>>
>>     public boolean isA() {
>>       return a;
>>     }
>
> I see what you mean.

Do you.

> You would never use custom methods when you
> could use getters and setters.

Wat? Getters and setters are methods, "custom" methods. How can a method 
not be custom anyway? This is Java.

> It is a general principle you use the
> smallest hammer that gets the job done.

Wat? Which job? Which hammer? There's no difference between the 
alternatives with respects to what their methods are like. Leaving 
convenience and maintenance aside, the only difference between both is 
that in the first one (without fields), the instructions are probably 
easier to inline.

> Using custom methods just
> invites unintended divergence.

"Custom methods" ... "customs methods" ... "divergence" ... AHA!

Contraband!

-- 
DF.
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