Which order to define getters and setters in? [closed]
- by N.N.
Is there a best practice for the order to define getters and setters in? There seems to be two practices:
getter/setter pairs
first getters, then setters (or the other way around)
To illuminate the difference here is a Java example of getter/setter pairs:
public class Foo {
private int var1,
var2,
var3;
public int getVar1() {
return var1;
}
public void setVar1(int var1) {
this.var1 = var1;
}
public int getVar2() {
return var2;
}
public void setVar2(int var2) {
this.var2 = var2;
}
public int getVar3() {
return var3;
}
public void setVar3(int var3) {
this.var3 = var3;
}
}
And here is a Java example of first getters, then setters:
public class Foo {
private int var1,
var2,
var3;
public int getVar1() {
return var1;
}
public int getVar2() {
return var2;
}
public int getVar3() {
return var3;
}
public void setVar1(int var1) {
this.var1 = var1;
}
public void setVar2(int var2) {
this.var2 = var2;
}
public void setVar3(int var3) {
this.var3 = var3;
}
}
I think the latter type of ordering is clearer both in code and in class diagrams but I do not know if that is enough to rule out the other type of ordering.
