Getters & Setters

Getters and Setters in Ruby

Getters and setters are so frequently defined that they're part of the language.

• attr_reader - adds a getter

• attr_writer - adds a setter

• attr_accessor - adds a getter and a settor

Code

class Person
  attr_accessor :name # same goes for attr_reader and attr_writer
end

person = Person.new
person.name = "Litsy"
person.name # => "Litsy"

References

What is attr_accessor in Ruby?Stack Overflow