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I Need to know how to have NetBeans generate getters and setters using a shortcut.
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Getter and setter methods (also known as accessors) are dangerous for the same reason that public fields are dangerous: They provide external access to implementation details. What if you need to change the accessed field's type? You also have to change the accessor's return type.
Depends on if the value you are talking about is something you want to let other classes modify - in some cases the answer is yes, in some it is no. If the answer is no then there is no reason to add a setter method and in fact it might harm things.
Having getters and setters does not in itself break encapsulation. What does break encapsulation is having a getter and a setter for every data member (every field, in java lingo). That is one step away from making all data members public.
Position the cursor inside the class, then press ALT + Ins and select Getters and Setters from the contextual menu.
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