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Trying to define an accessor method for default constructor parameter, i.e.:
class Person (age: Int) {
def age: Int = this.age
}
Which obviously results in a compiler error: ambiguous reference to overloaded definition, both method age in class Person of type => Int and value age in class Person of type Int match expected type Int
Is there a way in this context to distinguish between the member method name and auto-generated member value name?
Of course it's possible to change the name of either identifier, but is there a way in this scenario of actually specifying which identifier is referred to?
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Constructors initialize a new object. Accessors allow an external caller to obtain information about the state of an object. Show activity on this post. A constructor is a function responsible for object initialization.
In Java, accessor methods return the value of a private variable. This gives other classes access to that value stored in that variable. without having direct access to the variable itself. Accessor methods take no parameters and have a return type that matches the type of the variable they are accessing.
In Java accessors are used to get the value of a private field and mutators are used to set the value of a private field. Accessors are also known as getters and mutators are also known as setters.
An accessor method is an instance method that gets or sets the value of a property of an object.
Just put "val" in front of constructor parameters that you want to expose as instance properties.
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