It’s become dogmatic in Java to automatically create getters and setters for every single private variable in the class - include mutable objects like Lists and

It’s become dogmatic in Java to automatically create getters and setters for every single private variable in the class - include mutable objects like Lists and Maps (so a reference from a getter can actually change the referenced object). I’ve pointed out more than once that these getters and setters - usually auto-generated by an IDE or an XML compiler - serve absolutely no purpose and you might as well just cut out the middle man and mark the variables public at that point. Nothing makes a Java “architect” recoil in horror at the suggestion of just admitting that you’re not actually doing object-oriented programming and make the variables in your de-facto “struct” public, so I’ve given up arguing with them and I shrug my shoulders and create reams of pointless “getters” and “setters” now.