I'm highly unlikely to add another dependency to make the code look a bit nicer. Particularly a dependency I have to run all my code through. Typically, my mode

I'm highly unlikely to add another dependency to make the code look a bit nicer. Particularly a dependency I have to run all my code through. Typically, my model objects are simple java beans with private fields at the top and it's pretty clear to me what is what. I try to keep this stuff really separate, clearly define a set of model classes, then a set of service classes to manipulate the model, a set of manager classes (or spring) to maintain memory footprint and a set of threads managing execution. I do prefer to AS3 style of getting with the object.field syntax, but what can you do? Regardless, I think the bulk of time is spent designing the classes and their interactions and only a small amount of time actually keying them in. I don't mind a bit more overhead when creating model classes - it correct indicates to me that adding such a class is really a big change in the system, as it typically is.