.. except when manipulating proxy-ed objects, like Spring beans or ORM detached entities. The object you're calling the setter on is not the object (struct) hol

.. except when manipulating proxy-ed objects, like Spring beans or ORM detached entities. The object you're calling the setter on is not the object (struct) holding the field.. I know, yet another idea thrown into the concepts cocktail.. (not saying these are correct justifications for the getter/setter pollution, just reasons why you find them everywhere in the wild)