[Carbon-dev] Need a clarification on a code segment used for getting and setting date

[Afkham Azeez]

Yeah, better/proper encapsulation.

On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 5:44 PM, Supun Kamburugamuva <supun at wso2.com> wrote:

> I think it doesn't want to expose the Data object to the outside?
>
> Thanks,
> Supun..
>
> On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 4:57 PM, Amila Maha Arachchi <amilam at wso2.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I came across the following code segment.
> >
> > public Date getDate() {
> >         return new Date(date.getTime());
> >     }
> >
> > public void setDate(Date date) {
> >         this.date = new Date(date.getTime());
> >     }
> >
> > Any reason for the above implementation instead of
> >
> > return date; and
> > this.date = date;
> >
> > Thanks,
> > AmilaM.
> >
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