What is the main use of get() in java?

Question

When to use it can anybody ans?

Answer 1

the get() function is normally called a “getter”, and is used to get reference pointers to some data or field.

Getters have many context, the get() method in a list for example, is used to get the reference of an object at a certain index.

A getStudent() method in a class would represent a method to get the “Student”.

Answer 2

https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/List.html#get-int-