Property (programming)

<p>A property, in some <a href="/facts/Object-oriented_programming/TxNMEcao">object-oriented</a> <a href="/facts/Programming_language/cWTYbgWa">programming languages</a>, is a special sort of <a href="/facts/Class_(computer_science)/zvzkSAtE">class</a> member, intermediate in functionality between a <a href="/facts/Field_(computer_science)/jt622EDb">field</a> (or data member) and a <a href="/facts/Method_(computer_science)/8kAXxVYs">method</a>. The syntax for reading and writing of properties is like for fields, but property reads and writes are (usually) translated to '<a href="/facts/Accessor_method/sKfxYzFM">getter</a>' and '<a href="/facts/Mutator_method/sKfxYzFM">setter</a>' method calls. The field-like syntax is easier to read and write than many method calls, yet the interposition of method calls "under the hood" allows for <a href="/facts/Data_validation/tFCchJTM">data validation</a>, <a href="/facts/Active_updating/Hvx4prby">active updating</a> (e.g., of <a href="/facts/GUI/wBlQFWDP">GUI</a> elements), or implementation of what may be called "read-only fields".
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Property (programming)