I m new to Java, but have some OOP experience with ActionScript 3, so I m trying to migrate relying on stuff I know.
In ActionScript 3 you can create getters and setters using the get and set keywords, meaning you create a method in the class and access data through a property of an instance of that class. I might sound complicated, but it s not. Here s an example:
class Dummy{
private var _name:String;
public function Dummy(name:String=null){
this._name = name;
}
//getter
public function get name():String{
return _name;
}
//setter
public function set name(value:String):void{
//do some validation if necessary
_name = value;
}
}
And I would access name in an object as:
var dummy:Dummy = new Dummy("fred");
trace(dummy.name);//prints: fred
dummy.name = "lolo";//setter
trace(dummy.name);//getter
How would I do that in Java?
Just having some public fields is out of the question. I ve noticed that there is this convention of using get and set in front of methods, which I m OK with.
For example,
class Dummy{
String _name;
public void Dummy(){}
public void Dummy(String name){
_name = name;
}
public String getName(){
return _name;
}
public void setName(String name){
_name = name;
}
}
Is there an equivalent of ActionScript 3 getter/setters in Java, as in accessing a private field as a field from an instance of the class, but having a method for implementing that internally in the class?
