How do I generate getters and setters?
Author: Deron Eriksson
Description: This tutorial describes how to generate getters and setters in Eclipse.
Tutorial created using:
Windows XP || JDK 1.5.0_09 || Eclipse Web Tools Platform 2.0 (Eclipse 3.3.0)
EclipseSW makes it very easy to automatically generate getter and setter methods for a JavaSW class. As an example, here we have a class with three member variables: a boolean, an int, and a String. ![]() To generate getters and setters, I right-click the editor and go to Source → Generate Getters and Setters. ![]() This brings up the Generate Getters and Setters window. This window allows you to select which getter and setter methods you want to have automatically generated for which member variables. I clicked Select All and clicked OK. ![]() Back in the Java editor, we can see that Eclipse has generated getter and setter methods for all the member variables, as expected. ![]() As a keyboard shortcut, normally I hit Alt-Shift-S followed by R to bring up the Generate Getters and Setters window. |