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1.3.2. How to generate getters and setters

Last updated: 25 January 2013.

Getters and setters are generated by clicking Source -> Generate Getters and Setters. An example follows.

For this tutorial, you can create a package named com.javaperspective.tutorials.practice in which you will create the classes to use as examples in this and the next tutorials. Once you have created the package com.javaperspective.tutorials.practice, create a class named Point that only contains two fields and a toString method as shown below:

To generate getters and setters, just right-click anywhere in the editor, and click Source -> Generate Getters and Setters as shown below:

In the next dialog box, for each private field, select the methods you want to generate and click OK:

The getters and setters are generated as shown below:

package com.javaperspective.tutorials.practice;

public final class Point {

    private int x;
    private int y;

    public String toString(){
          return ("Point : x = " + x + ", y = " + y);
    }

    public int getX() {
          return x;
    }

    public void setX(int x) {
          this.x = x;
    }

    public int getY() {
          return y;
    }

    public void setY(int y) {
          this.y = y;
    }

}

If you want to generate a getter and a setter for a single private field, you have to select it, right-click it and click Source -> Generate Getters and Setters.

The next tutorial will show you how to use the Eclipse debugger.

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