> It's not the first time this poor horse gets flogged > > http://www.artima.com/forums/flat.jsp?forum=106&thread=36312
Yep. And it's a long discussion, and it doesn't end in complete agreement. My position on it is that getters and setters, ugly as they are, and due to lack of a nicer language construct, implement a wide understood pattern. Whatever way you twist it, I believe directly accessing private members does break encapsulation, though it doesn't ruin my night rest. As for public members not being future proof... well maybe, but a the argument is bit far fetched :-) I wonder if by that time (we're talking years) Java would still be my first choice for main stream programming, as I'm getting increasingly tired of it's limitations. Anyway, I think we agree in this thread that first the getters and setters should be used, whether they are private or not, and as a final resort the member directly. You agree with that? Cheers, Eelco --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
