Hi, am very new to java programming and our tutor taught us on how to hide information in methods, one of the ways is using get and set methods. I don understand how exactly these methods works and when should we use them. Need your help guyz. thanx
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Hi, am very new to java programming and our tutor taught us on how to hide information in methods, one of the ways is using get and set methods. I don understand how exactly these methods works and when should we use them. Need your help guyz. thanx
These methods are used just as their definitions describe - to get and set the value of a variable. This is typical when the scope of the variable is hidden, for instance through access modifiers using encapsulation. If you don't know what the words are in bold, I highly recommend doing an internet search for them.