Getters and Setters

Learn about getters and setters in OOP.

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Get and set

In order to allow controlled access to properties from outside the class, getter and setter methods are used.

A getter method allows reading a property’s value.

A setter method allows modifying a property’s value.

It is a common convention to write the name of the corresponding member fields with the get or set command.

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