What are getters and setters for in ECMAScript 6 classes?

Question

I am confused as to what the point of getters and setters are in ECMAScript 6 classes. What is the purpose? Below is an example I am referring to:

class Empl         


        

Answer 1

class Employee {

    constructor(name) {
      this._name = name;
    }

    doWork() {
      return `${this._name} is working`;
    }

    get name() {
      // when you get this by employeeInstance.mame
      // the code below will be triggered
      // and you can do some logic here
      // just like `console.log` something you want
      console.log('get triggered!')
      return this._name.toUpperCase();
    }

    set name(newName) {
      // the same as `get`
      // when you employeeInstance.mame = 'xxx'
      // the code blew will be trigged
      // and you can also do some logic 
      // like here is a `console.log` and `if check`
      console.log('set triggered!')
      if (newName) {
        this._name = newName;
      }
    }
  }

  const employeeInstance = new Employee('mike')
  employeeInstance.name
  employeeInstance.name = '' // this won't be success, because the `if check`
  console.log(employeeInstance.name)

  // => 
  // get triggered
  // set triggered
  // get triggered
  // MIKE

Anyway the getter and setter is just like a spy. It spies the property of an object, so that you can do something, every time you get or set the value of the property.