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What is the difference between field, variable, attribute, and property in Java

Variable A variable is the name given to a memory location. It is the basic unit of storage in a program. The value stored in a variable can be changed during program execution. Each variable has a type, such as int, double or Object, and a scope. Class variable may be instance variable, local variable or constant. Also, you should know that some people like to call final non-static variables. In Java, all the variables must be declared before use. Field A data member of a class. Unless specified otherwise, a field can be public, static, not static and final. 

JAVA




public class Customer {
 
    // Fields of customer
    final String field1 = "Fixed Value";
    int name;
}


Attribute An attribute is another term for a field. It’s typically a public field that can be accessed directly. Let’s see a particular case of Array, the array is actually an object and you are accessing the public constant value that represents the length of the array. In NetBeans or Eclipse, when we type object of a class and after that dot(.) they give some suggestion those suggestion is called Attribute. Note: Here Never Show Private Fields 
Property It is also used for fields, it typically has getter and setter combination. Example: 

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public class Test {
    private int number;
 
    public int getNumber()
    {
        return this.number;
    }
 
    public void setNumber(int num)
    {
        this.number = num;
    }
}


 

Example

 

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public class Variables {
 
    // Constant
    public final static String name = "robot";
 
    // Value
    final String dontChange = "India";
 
    // Field
    protected String river = "GANGA";
 
    // Property
    private String age;
 
    // Still the property
    public String getAge()
    {
        return this.age;
    }
 
    // And now the setter
    public void setAge(String age)
    {
        this.age = age;
    }
}


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