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| From | Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.java.programmer |
| Subject | Re: A question about some long java code that has getters/setters |
| Date | 2011-07-26 10:48 -0700 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <vcvt27l0b8c9vqdobhfqhudivq8i8mesjl@4ax.com> (permalink) |
| References | (2 earlier) <m21uxehzrj.fsf@softwarematters.org> <j0kvh1$1eq$1@dont-email.me> <Getters-and-Setters-20110726023724@ram.dialup.fu-berlin.de> <hq5s27hjit5limeqt7eef01l8r9539p0ff@4ax.com> <setter-20110726111404@ram.dialup.fu-berlin.de> |
On 26 Jul 2011 09:15:51 GMT, ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram)
wrote:
>Gene Wirchenko <genew@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«?
In my example, yes. In general, no.
> (To apply my own definition, I would need to see the
> documentation of a method, to judge whether it is a »setter«.)
Are you going by whether the setter uncritically sets the value
or whether it checks the value? To me, the former is bad, but the
latter is fine.
Sincerely,
Gene Wirchenko
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