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Importance of Getters & Setters in Java

Getters and setters in Java classes allow accessing private fields in a controlled manner. They provide a single access point for fields, enabling validation of data during setting and security checks during getting/setting. Getters and setters also facilitate making classes immutable by removing setting or making fields only readable/writable.

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Importance of Getters & Setters in Java

Getters and setters in Java classes allow accessing private fields in a controlled manner. They provide a single access point for fields, enabling validation of data during setting and security checks during getting/setting. Getters and setters also facilitate making classes immutable by removing setting or making fields only readable/writable.

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Why we need

Getters & Setters


in JAVA ?

@vikasrajputin
1. Introduction

➔ In Java classes, we normally


create the getter and setter
methods to read and update
class level fields respectively.

➔ Let's find out why do we


following this practice.

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2. Example

➔ Consider a class Account, having fields like


accountName and accountBalance - to
show the name and balance of the account.

➔ As a common practice, both the variables are


private and define the public getter and
setter method to read and write their values.

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➔ Using the previous example, let's
see different use-cases where
having getter and setter
methods can be game changing.

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3. Validation

➔ The public getter and setter method act as


a single door to access the private fields.

➔ Before updating the value we can run any


validation in the setter method and
accordingly allow field modification.

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4. Security
➔ Similar to Validation, we can also put any
security-related code to secure our data
inside the getter and setter.

➔ For eg. Check if a user has access to the field


based on our complex security logic and then
allow the user to either read or update the
value.

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5. ReadOnly & WriteOnly

➔ To allow only write permission, we can keep


setter methods.

➔ Similarly, to allow only read permission to


fields, we can remove the setter method and
only keep the getter method as shown below:

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6. Immutable Class
➔ To create an immutable class, we can remove
the setter and put-getter methods.

➔ In getter methods, we can return a new copy


instead of returning the original object to
protect it from getting modified.

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❤ Thanks for reading !

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Java & Backend Development,
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