Java Getters and Setters

Question

Is there a better standard way to create getters and setters in Java?

It is quite verbose to have to explicitly define getters and setters for each variable. Is ther

Answer 1

As a possible alternative, have you tried Scala? It compiles to Java bytecode, and has lots of interesting shortcuts which can make your life as a Java programmer easier.

Properties for instance:

case class Person(var name:String, 
                  var age:Int);
val p = Person("John", 4)
p.name
p.name = "Charlie"
p.name

And the output:

defined class Person
p: Person = Person(John,4)
res7: String = John
res8: String = Charlie