a method that retrieves the state of an object

a method used to examine or modify the members of a class

a method which returns or changes the state of an object , i

a public method defined in a bean that enables access to the value of a particular property

a static method, in this case getInstance(), which will check to see if the global Singleton instance already exists and will instantiate it if it doesn't

a uniform interface to a property of a bean that hides how that property is implemented

A method which allows other classes to read (but not change) the values of the attributes. Accessor methods are also known as "getter methods." Accessor methods are public methods that merely return the value of the attribute. See also getter method.

A public method defined in a bean that reads or writes the value of a property.