JDK 8 and properties

[Llewellyn Falco]

> Simply generating the getter, setter, equals and hashcode is only part
> of the problem. There also need to be a way to enumerate/loop over the
> properties. Without this, each framework will continue to write their
> own "bean introspector".

I use C# for about 1/2 of my development time.
As such I have a lot of experience with properties.
And I wanted to quickly disspel the idea that properties remove getters&setters
they do not.
You will still get many situations where a getter and setter is
preferred or required.
especially when a Conversion is in play, such as
setLengthInMeters(meters)
or
getAverage(includeExtraCredit, includeTransfers)

In general, I am not a Fan of properties, although I am VERY
supportive of a syntax like lombok to reduce the clutter and
boilerplate.

because the Properties split up and then you have to deal with the
getters/setters anyways. you will always need a bean introspector.
probably somethings like
getMethods().where(m->m.getName().startsWith("get")



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