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Thread: classes and methods??

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    Default classes and methods??

    hi everyone, im kind of new to the java world and already confused!

    i understand that there are different classes but am confused as to what method i would use to set/obtain values from that class?

    So, to set the values of private data of a class what method would i use? abstract? mutator? static?

    Its all very confusing to me, any help or advice would be appriciated!

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    Default Re: classes and methods??

    Do a google search for accessor and mutator methods...it should turn up many examples. For example:
    Accessors and Mutators

    In general for a private variable, you have a set* and get* (where * is the name of the variable) to retrieve and set the variable.

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