JDK 8 and properties

[Serafin Sedano]

Rather that autogenerate setters and getters I'd like to see a full
integration. I way to access those variables that where less verbose. Where
no need for call to setObject nor getObject.

Just my opinion thou.

Regards.

Serafín.

2011/10/5 Loic Descotte <loic.descotte at gmail.com>

> Yes lombok-like features would be great
> It's a shame to be forced to use an external tool to do this :(
>
> On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 6:29 PM, Rich Midwinter <rich.midwinter at gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > You wouldn't need dot notation just to have generated getters/setters
> > though. http://projectlombok.org/features/GetterSetter.html
> >
> > Personally, I have no need for dot notation but do use lombok's @Data
> > frequently (even as a mostly server side guy). I'd have a slight
> preference
> > for having a similar solution ship with Java.
> >
> > Rich.
> >
> >
> > On 5 October 2011 17:11, Paul Benedict <pbenedict at apache.org> wrote:
> >
> >> Here's my opinion... Properties brings its own issues. Part of Java's
> >> success is the readability of the language. If the dot notation is
> >> used for properties, readability diminishes because it is no longer
> >> apparent whether field access or method access is occuring.
> >>
> >> someObject.x = 1; // method call or field access?
> >>
> >> If another syntax is used, then I think it almost defeats the purpose
> >> of the proposal in the first place; it also begs the question how is
> >> that any "better" than simply calling the getter/setter directly.
> >>
> >> Paul
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 11:05 AM, Loic Descotte <loic.descotte at gmail.com
> >
> >> wrote:
> >> > About Alex Miller answer,
> >> >
> >> > The consensus was not there at the beggining for lambdas, but it
> worked
> >> > (even if it was hard, I admit)
> >> >
> >> > For the second point, I work on server side but properties are
> important
> >> to
> >> > me :)
> >> > And a lot of people I know feel the same.
> >> >
> >> > On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 5:26 PM, Mark Thornton <mthornton at optrak.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> On 05/10/11 16:15, Loic Descotte wrote:
> >> >> > Hi all,
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I was wondering if coin 2 (in JDK 8) would possibly include a
> >> >> "properties"
> >> >> > feature, to avoid writing getters and setters for all fields in our
> >> >> classes.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> The second answer (from Alex Miller) probably still applies
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >>
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/710266/why-will-there-be-no-native-properties-in-java-7
> >> >>
> >> >> Mark Thornton
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
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