Is there any realistic non-academic use case for bypassing the getters/setters if they exist? In other words, if you want to go by plane then don't rent a car :)
We really encourage people to keep their POJOs simple. I'd sure hate to see us encourage wierd or overly complex design just because we can. Maybe we should bypass all the non-standard syntax and configuration options. If you have getters/setters then we'll use them. If not, then we'll use the fields directly. End of story. Jeff Butler On 2/10/07, Paul Benedict <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
OGNL uses property notation syntax which calls getters and setters. As for the parenthesis syntax, there is no precedent in the market for such a syntax being used to access fields directly. The syntax should be the same (I want to navigate to X), with an additional attribute specifying how it should be done (take me by plane or car). Paul
