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class Student{
private String name;
private String ssn;
private String dob;
Student(String n, String s, String d){
name = n;
ssn = s;
dob = d;
Student s1 = new Student("dale","123-45-6789","5-18-70");
System.out.println("Their name is: " + s1.name);
}
}

What would be the proper way to access and change the
name variable. Write two methods that would allow us
to do this for the student class. One "accessor" and
the other a "mutator", or getName() and setName();

I would greatly appreciate if someone could help me with this. Thanks! Taryn
 
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Well, if you want to abide by the laws of encapsulation, then yes, you want a getter and setter. Make all your instance and class variables private, and manipulate them through those methods.
Jason
 
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for example:
public String getName () {
return name;
}
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