Comments on: Defining Getters and Setters in NodeJS http://blog.james-carr.org/2010/07/19/defining-getters-and-setters-in-nodejs/ Rants and Musings of an Agile Developer Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:54:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Luke Smith http://blog.james-carr.org/2010/07/19/defining-getters-and-setters-in-nodejs/#comment-141166 Luke Smith Tue, 20 Jul 2010 05:01:37 +0000 http://blog.james-carr.org/?p=882#comment-141166 Another syntax supported by ES5 and NodeJS is <code> var obj = { _foo: "unset", get foo() { return this._foo; }, set foo(val) { this._foo = "Value of foo is now " + val; } }; sys.puts(obj.val); // "unset" o.foo = "a new value"; sys.puts(obj.val); // "Value of foo is now a new value"</code> Another syntax supported by ES5 and NodeJS is

var obj = {
_foo: "unset",

get foo() {
return this._foo;
},

set foo(val) {
this._foo = "Value of foo is now " + val;
}
};

sys.puts(obj.val); // "unset"
o.foo = "a new value";
sys.puts(obj.val); // "Value of foo is now a new value"

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