Accessor Methods in Java

Question

So I have a question on \"setter\" and \"getter\" methods and how useful they are or aren\'t.

Let\'s say I just write a very basic program like the following:

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Answer 1

The advantage of using setters ans getters is that you can include rules for lazy initialization, validation, etc. Also, if you need to implement Java Beans complaint code, you need to follow those rules.

Java Beans spec