[jgroups-users] Getters and setters in 4.0

I'm thinking of changing getters and setters in public classes in 4.0, e.g.

JChannel:
- Address getAddress() -> Address address()
- String getName() -> String name()
- JChannel setName(String name) -> JChannel name(String name)

Message:
- Address getDest() -> Address dest()
- Message setDest(Address d) -> Message dest(Address d)


This basically removes the 'get' and 'set' prefix, plus setters always 
return the current class, so they can be chained (fluent API).

Currently, we have a mix of old-style and new-style getters/setters, and 
I want to be consistent in all public APIs.

The only downside I can see is that when browsing a class, one doesn't 
immediately see all getters and setters in one place.

I know that this is largely a matter of taste, but I do like the shorter 
names...

Comments, thoughts?

-- 
Bela Ban, JGroups lead (http://www.jgroups.org)


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