How to Automatically Generate Getters and Setters in Eclipse

Is there a way to automatically generate getters and setters in Eclipse?

Bring up the context menu (i.e. right click) in the source code window of the desired class. Then select the Source submenu; from that menu selecting Generate Getters and Setters... will cause a wizard window to appear.

Source -> Generate Getters and Setters...

Select the variables you wish to create getters and setters for and click OK.

Eclipse generate getters and setters and automatically apply them

Use the Refactor menu. It has an item "encapsulate fields" which generates getters and setters just as "Source -> Generate Getters and Setters" does, but in addition it replaces all usages of the fields and makes the fields private.

(As a mnemonic: To change the structure of existing code (i.e. to refactor it), use the Refactor menu. To generate new code that is not used yet, use the Source menu. That is, if you create a new class with some getters and setters, you can use the help of the Source menu by coding the fields only and auto-generate the getters and setters afterwards. However if you want existing code to use getters and setters instead of direct field access, this is a classic case of code Refactoring.)

Put Space Between Auto-Generated Getters / Setters in Eclipse

Empty line between generated getter/setter method is depending on presence of empty line between properties itselt.

So if I select this :


    private int foo;
    private int bar;

there will be no space between getters/setters, but if I select this :


    private int foo;

    private int bar;

there will be one empty line between methods.

Eclipse: How to automatically generate getter when adding a field?

When you move your mouse above the name of the variable, you can select "Create getter and setter for varname" in the popup menu.

Or you can create yourself a shortcut to do so. Preferences -> General -> Keys. In the search box you enter "getter" and then you´ll find it.

Autogeneration of Get & Set methods?

Yes. Eclipse Does this. To generate setter/getter, select the class in package explorer, right click -> Source -> Generate getter/setting.

Netbean also does this. Right click anywhere inside your class -> insert code-> setter/getter.

we do that to encapsulate the implementation details. you can find more explanations Why use getters and setters