Re: Accessor Methods
<fightingbull06@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Am a newbie to Java Programming and am studying Accessor Methods.
If you designate variables as "private", then you can change their
values using "accessor methods". So what's the point of making them
"private" if you can still manipulate them using accessor methods.
The idea is data protection, lets say you have a field (called posNum) that
you wish to store positive numbers in some class (called MyClass). If you
declare posNum as public then you directly modify the field using:
MyClass.posNum = -4;
however, this is a problem if you wish posNum to remain positive, therefore
you should set an accessor method which does some minimal checking,
something like:
public boolean setPosNum(int newValue)
{
if (newValue < 0)
return false; // error
posNum = newValue;
return true; // successful
}
so in short, if you get into the habit of making these accessor methods you
should create more robust code.
Allan
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