Re: Multiple Visibility Level Getters/Setters

From: Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2011 19:45:43 +0000
Subject: Re: Multiple Visibility Level Getters/Setters
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Just throw an error if conflicting accessors are defined. In the case of subtypes: accessors may broaden the interface, but not limit it => LSP. So it’s fine to make a parents protected accessor public, but not the other way around. Am 19.11.2011 um 02:46 schrieb Clint M Priest: > What would everyone think about multiple levels of visibility for getters/setters? > > class Sample { > > public $Variable { > public get { return "Public"; } > protected get { return "Protected"; } > private get { return "Private"; } > > public set { ... } > private set { ... } > } > } > > Whichever getter/setter would be called with the most restricted access, so externally public, > internally protected (if inherited) or private from within. > > Any value to this? I can see some use cases and wouldn't be any more difficult to > implement into what I'm already doing. > > -Clint

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