Java properties & Lambdas

gistfile1.java

public class Person {

    //The syntax obj#field, uses the new operator # which represents a direct access to the field (without getter/setter)

    //Default public getter/setter
    private String firstName : ();

    //Explicitly defined getter/setter using lambda, exact equivalent as the default syntax ().By  Default visibility is public
    private String lastName : (()-> this#lastName, (lastName)-> this#lastName = lastName);

    //Immutable field. When final the syntax takes only one lambdas, the getter.
    private final int age : (()-> this#lastName);  // similar as ()


    //Ability to modify the visibility through method references. (Visibility inference)
    private int id = 0 :(()-> this#id, this::setId);


    private void setId(int id) {
        this.id = id;
    }


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    //Indexed properties (defined in the javabeans spec)
    private int[] array = new int[2] : (
            ( index ) -> { this#array[index] },
            ( index, value ) -> { this#array[index] = value }
    );


    //Properties not backed by a field
    private final void length : (() -> this#array.length);


    //Properties can be applied to static fields :
    private static final int DEFAULT_NUMBER_OF_LEGS = 4 : ();

}