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Re: Getters and Setters

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<79c811c0-8eec-4c87-8027-2bc971818278@l9g2000prd.googlegroups.com>,
 Vikram <vpradhan33@gmail.com> wrote:

> Why do we use getter and setters if we can do the same work by 
> declaring the public data members. Your answer will be appreciable.

In "Effective Java, Second Edition," Joshua Bloch elaborates on this in 
"Item 13: Minimize the accessibility of classes and members." 
Accessibility, mutability, security and thread-safety are among the 
topics covered.

<http://java.sun.com/docs/books/effective/>

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John B. Matthews
trashgod at gmail dot com
<http://sites.google.com/site/drjohnbmatthews>

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Getters and Setters Vikram <vpradhan33@gmail.com> - 2011-08-09 18:59 -0700
  Re: Getters and Setters "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2011-08-09 22:11 -0400
  Re: Getters and Setters Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-08-09 22:37 -0400
  Re: Getters and Setters Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-08-09 23:30 -0400
    Re: Getters and Setters Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2011-08-10 06:34 -0300
  Re: Getters and Setters Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-08-09 21:50 -0700

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