May 2006
February 2006
MF Bliki: GetterEradicator
by bader & 1 otherThe general justification is that getters violate encapsulation. If I've got a bowler class with fields for overs, runs and wickets, then adding getters (getOvers, getRuns, getWickets) is little better than just making the fields public.
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