On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 5:26 AM, jayarjo <jaya...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'm trying to get my mind around getter/setter functionality. I
> probably do not understand their purpose properly.
>
> What is the exact difference between setting a property as:
> this.someProperty = someValue; and setting it as: this._setData
> ('someProperty', someValue); What's the point in other words?
>
this.someProperty = someValue;
will simply set the internal property to have the new value, whereas
this._setData('someProperty', someValue);
will take care of consistency and refresh type issues, trigger events,
whatever needs to happen when that property is set, whether externally or
internally.
- Richard
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