Accessor Methods in Java

Question

So I have a question on \"setter\" and \"getter\" methods and how useful they are or aren\'t.

Let\'s say I just write a very basic program like the following:

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Answer 1

You can always develop an application without using getter and setter methods.As you have explained.But using getter and setter is better practice because access modifiers private/public gives you encapsulation which is OOPS feature. You can always write your program without using OOPS features like encapsulation,abstraction,inheritance...but if you write large applications without using you will have trouble in maintaining and would soon realize the importance of these features.