Questions tagged [setters]
A setter is a method used to control changes to a variable. It's most often used in object-oriented programming, in keeping with the principle of encapsulation.
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Method naming conventions "setX" vs "withX"
Why learning about Fluent Interfaces, I came across this post which states that using set hints one is mutating the object whereas with is returing a new object.
I have seen this pattern first hand ...
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What is the utility and advantage of getters & setters especially when they are merely used to read and assign values to properties of an object? [closed]
I’m still really new to learning to program. Just learning the syntax for a few programming languages at the moment.
The courses I viewed for C# and Java touched only very briefly on getters & ...
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Backing field versus private set C#
I doubted to post this question to the general StackOverflow, but it is suggested to not post opinion-based questions and this might be one. And ofcourse, this is the software engineering department. ...
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Calling a private method in a setter to update object at every change of the property
Code below shows setting a value of an object's property and calling a private method in a setter to update the status of the object. Is this call a good practice or setter at most should only ...
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Can renaming a method preserve encapsulation?
I was reading this page, about when getters/setters are justified, and the OP gave the following code sample:
class Fridge
{
int cheese;
void set_cheese(int _cheese) { cheese = _cheese; }
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What is the proper way to unspecify an integer's value in C++? [closed]
// Default initialization
int i; // i has an unspecified value
return i; // Probably 0, but Unreliable
i = 5; // i has a specified value
i = int();// This will give it a specified value, 0
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restricting access to a public setter
My question is how I can achieve more encapsulation in TypeScript.
I have a class Item, with a public setter isOwned, but I only want to call this method in specific situations: if the item is picked ...
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Set result of getter instead of setter [closed]
Is this a legit use of getter
Lady lady = new Lady();
lady.getWater() = "hot water";
if we suppose getter returns
Class Lady {
public String getWater() {
this.water;
}}
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Should a getter be allowed to return a different value than was passed to the setter?
For example, given the following class:
public class SomeClass
{
//...
private IEnumerable<SomeType> myEnumerable;
public IEnumerable<SomeType> MyEnumerable
{
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Is it a bad idea to use getters/setters and/or properties at all? [duplicate]
I am perplexed by comments under this answer: https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/a/358851/212639
A user is arguing there against the use of getters/setters and properties. He maintains ...
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Encapsulation and Displaying Information
This site and SO contain many pages about getters/setters and if they break encapsulation or enforce it. My question is for those developers that agree that getters/setters break encapsulation and ...
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How exactly are getters and setters defined?
Note: Questions with similar title have been asked before, but please read the full text before claiming that this is a duplicate.
Since everybody in OOP uses the terms getter and setter, I would ...
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How should I unit test a function that uses setters?
I'm using a repository pattern design and I've hit a stumbling block when writing a unit test for one of my methods. I'm fairly new to writing unit tests, so I would appreciate any help!
Let's say I ...
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Should the getters and setters of a stl container access the container itself or the elements inside it?
Consider I have a vector and map as class members:
class MyClass{
protected:
std::vector<int> myVector;
std::map<int,std::string> myMap;
};
Should the getter and setter access ...
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Why C# ASP.NET MVC Code First POCO Classes must have getters and setters?
Why in, C# ASP.NET MVC Code First project, POCO Classes must have getters and setters ( {get; set; } ) in order to work?
public float data { get; set; }
or in db context class
public DbSet<SGD....
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Mutable objects - setters and getters
Is it a good practice to have a setter method of this kind? With primitive types, it's obviously fine, but when you have a setter for a field which holds a reference to mutable object, this might go ...
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Why is chaining setters unconventional?
Having chaining implemented on beans is very handy: no need for overloading constructors, mega constructors, factories, and gives you increased readability. I can't think of any downsides, unless you ...
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Concurrent and atomic updates to multiple properties/variable of an object
I have a class with multiple setters and want to make atomic updates to multiple properties/variables. As far as I can see there are three methods that could work:
Call all setters in synchronized ...
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Stubbing Properties with private setters for tests
We have the object
public class MyObject{
protected MyObject(){}
public string Property1 {get;private set;}
public string Property2 {get;private set;}
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Should MVVM models have behaviour?
I am trying to wrap my head around MVVM and "models should not have behaviour".
If my getter depends on an environment variable,
should it be in the model or viewmodel?
Does it make a difference if ...
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get set method naming conventions [closed]
In OOP coding, there is a long standing naming convention to name accessor/mutator methods getThing and setThing. These directly manipulate the properties, which are often private.
Should these ...
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Should my sequential collection start at index 0 or index 1?
I am creating an object model for a device that has multiple channels. The nouns used between the client and I are Channel and ChannelSet. ("Set" isn't semantically accurate, because it's ordered ...
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Python - best way to have interdependent variable in a class
Newbie Python questions: I want to model something that can have a several inter-connected instance variables and if I set one, I want to recalculate the others. Any can be set.
E.g. a circle - each ...
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Is it possible to make some methods invisible/non-usable to some classes in Java?
I am developing an application in Java whereby I would like to pass an object as part of an interface into other methods of classes written by other developers in the team. The object I'm passing in ...
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If a variable has getter and setter, should it be public?
I have a class with a variable that is private and the class has a getter and a setter for that variable. Why not make that variable public?
The only case I think you have to use getters and setters ...
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