why using seter and getter meths. in place of using the class attrbute itself?

Answer 1

I couldn't have explained it this well so kindly read this for better understanding.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1568091/why-use-getters-and-setters-accessors

Answer 2

Denise Roßberg Yes I know. I wanted to know from Khaireddine Serdani

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Answer 3

Denise Roßberg Probably he is used to call them class fields and not class attributes.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Setters can be used to do some sanity checks and prevent illegal modification of attributes.

Answer 6

Khaireddine Serdani What is class attributes?

Answer 7

Avinesh Yes. Fields are another name for the same thing.

Answer 8

Khaireddine Serdani

Here are some posts. Please use the search bar next time to avoid duplicates.
used keywords: "setter getter", "encapsulation"

https://www.sololearn.com/Discuss/572487/?ref=app
https://www.sololearn.com/Discuss/606528/?ref=app
https://www.sololearn.com/Discuss/681795/?ref=app
https://www.sololearn.com/Discuss/1293797/?ref=app

Answer 9

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The variables. For example

public class MyClass{

int a;
String s;

}

a and s are attributes.

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