Danny Angus wrote: > FWIW I'm in favour of encapsulation but the accessors should > be protected.
Absolutely, unless the public interface requires otherwise. > I also think that using a prefix of "field" is ugly and unnecessary > why do we want them to be beans? > underscore, so > instead of fieldServerName we would have _serverName which is > easier on the > eye. As with many things, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I think that all we need to say is that a java-legal prefix should be used and not get hung up on what it actually is. I wish I hadn't mentioned beans, especially as a bean requires the accessor methods to be public and we are mainly discussing protected accessors here. -- Steve - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - This private and confidential e-mail has been sent to you by Synergy Systems Limited. It may not represent the views of Synergy Systems Limited. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail and have received it in error, please notify the sender by replying with "received in error" as the subject and then delete it from your mailbox. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
