Getters/setters in Java

Question

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 sette

Answer 1

I would consider not having the getter or setter as they don't do anything in your case except make the code more complicated. Here is an example without getters or setters.

class Dummy {
  public String name;
  public Dummy(String name) { this.name = name; }
}

Dummy dummy = new Dummy("fred");
System.out.println(dummy.name);//getter, prints: fred
dummy.name = "lolo";//setter
System.out.println(dummy.name);//getter, prints: lolo

IMHO Don't make things more complicated than you need to. It so often the case that adding complexity will suffer from You-Aint-Gonna-Need-It