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| From | Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.java.programmer |
| Subject | Re: A question about some long java code that has getters/setters |
| Date | 2011-07-25 21:17 -0400 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
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On 7/25/2011 8:00 PM, Patricia Shanahan wrote:
> On 7/25/2011 3:56 PM, lewbloch wrote:
>> On Jul 25, 1:27 pm, Patrick May<patr...@softwarematters.org> wrote:
>>> lewbloch<lewbl...@gmail.com> writes:
>>>> It is standard practice to create accessors and mutators for class
>>>> attributes. There's nothing wrong with that.
>>>
>>> Actually, there is. It encourages a style of programming where
>>> objects have too much knowledge about each other. Encapsulation is
>>> important; objects should ask each other for services, not manipulate
>>> each others internals. With the exception of cases like DAOs, getters
>>> should be very rare and setters non-existent.
>>
>> You don't create them for hidden members! Yeesh.
>
> I've been doing some Java tutoring. I've seen coursework assignments
> that *required* the student to create a getter and setter for every
> field. :-(
No problem: Make all the getters and setters `private'. :-)
--
Eric Sosman
esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid
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Re: A question about some long java code that has getters/setters lewbloch <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-07-27 14:14 -0700
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