How do getters and setters work?

Question

I'm from the php world. Could you explain what getters and setters are and could give you some examples?

Answer 1

Tutorial is not really required for this. Read up on encapsulation

private String myField; //"private" means access to this is restricted to the class.

public String getMyField()
{
     //include validation, logic, logging or whatever you like here
    return this.myField;
}
public void setMyField(String value)
{
     //include more logic
     this.myField = value;
}