Description: Use J2SE 5 annotations to eliminate getters and setters Summary The getter/setter idiom has always been problematic; it allows too-broad access to the implementation of your classes, degrading maintainability as a consequence. The J2SE 5 annotation (or metadata) feature provides an alternative. Rather than using introspection to find get/set methods, you can \"tag\" an object with an annotation and then access that annotation at either compilation or at runtime. This article both...
