Using ‘Get’ And ‘Set’ Might Be Something You’ll Regret
It’s an all-too-common pitfall. Programmers who attempt to write object-oriented code decide to make all of their data variables private, while creating public get() and set() function pairs for each one. “See?” they declare, as they pat themselves on their backs. “The data is private, but it can be accessed through these functions. I’ve encapsulated my data. That’s what object-oriented design requires.”I think this betrays a fundamental (and exceedingly...
Using ‘Get’ And ‘Set’ Might Be Something You’ll Regret
It’s an all-too-common pitfall. Programmers who attempt to write object-oriented code decide to make all of their data variables private, while creating public get() and set() function pairs for each one. “See?” they declare, as they pat themselves on their backs. “The data is private, but it can be accessed through these functions. I’ve encapsulated my data. That’s what object-oriented design requires.”I think this betrays a fundamental (and exceedingly...
A Common Misconception About ObjectOriented Programming
I?ve seen it time and again. A computer programmer proudly proclaims, ?Yeah, my code is object-oriented. See? My data members are all private, and they can only be reached through public member functions. That?s what being object-oriented is all about.? I?ve even heard this kind of drivel come from the mouths of Computer Science graduates?people who have presumably studied object-orientation in the classroom, or who would have had ample opportunity to educate themselves.Scholars may quibble...
Using ‘Get’ And ‘Set’ Might Be Something You’ll Regret
It’s an all-too-common pitfall. Programmers who attempt to write object-oriented code decide to make all of their data variables private, while creating public get() and set() function pairs for each one. “See?” they declare, as they pat themselves on their backs. “The data is private, but it can be accessed through these functions. I’ve encapsulated my data. That’s what object-oriented design requires.”I think this betrays a fundamental (and exceedingly...
Using ‘Get’ And ‘Set’ Might Be Something You’ll Regret
It’s an all-too-common pitfall. Programmers who attempt to write object-oriented code decide to make all of their data variables private, while creating public get() and set() function pairs for each one. “See?” they declare, as they pat themselves on their backs. “The data is private, but it can be accessed through these functions. I’ve encapsulated my data. That’s what object-oriented design requires.”I think this betrays a fundamental (and exceedingly...
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