Question

For example I have a simple POJO class with some properties. What more my setters are doing is notifying the property change listener in my class to fire a property change event. Are they setters or not in this context? Should I name them something else or adding this comment suffices? Some sample code:

/**
 * This is a special setter which uses property change support.
 * @param engineerOnDue engineer
 */
public void setEngineerOnDue(String engineerOnDue) {
    propertyChangeSupport.firePropertyChange("engineerOnDue", this.engineerOnDue, this.engineerOnDue = engineerOnDue);
}

Answer 1

It all depends on the API you wish to provide to your client. Normally the client doesn’t need to know the implementation of the method, so if the set-name covers the bandwagon: just use it.