The functionality of our code is easier for other developers to understand.Īnother thing to keep in mind when using getter (and setter) methods is that properties cannot share the same name as the getter/setter function.In a getter, we can access the properties of the calling object using this.Getters can return different values using conditionals.Getters can perform an action on the data when getting a property.Now that we’ve gone over syntax, let’s discuss some notable advantages of using getter methods: Syntactically, it looks like we’re accessing a property. In general, getter methods do not need to be called with a set of parentheses. In the last line we call fullName on person.

In fullName, we’re accessing both this._firstName and this._lastName. We can access the calling object’s internal properties using this.We use an if.else conditional to check if both _firstName and _lastName exist (by making sure they both return truthy values) and then return a different value depending on the result.We use the get keyword followed by a function.Return 'Missing a first name or a last name.'

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