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When it comes to arrays, people suggest cloning it first in the setter. stackoverflow.com/questions/6665150/… Then the question is - when to clone objects?

user4205580
– user4205580

2016-03-31 19:11:10 +00:00
Commented Mar 31, 2016 at 19:11
In general I wouldn't have a setter and getter for the internal data structures of my classes, as that is exactly what you want to have hidden/encapsulated. I have added another example in the original post

Fermin Silva
– Fermin Silva

2016-03-31 19:20:34 +00:00
Commented Mar 31, 2016 at 19:20
See programmers.stackexchange.com/a/21809/51711 for more info

Fermin Silva
– Fermin Silva

2016-03-31 19:27:03 +00:00
Commented Mar 31, 2016 at 19:27
Yes, but my array is not an internal data structure - it's a result of some calculations and I've chosen to storem them in an array for performance reasons. The class exists for exactly this purpose - to be able to store the result array and some additional information.

user4205580
– user4205580

2016-03-31 19:30:26 +00:00
Commented Mar 31, 2016 at 19:30

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