Question

I know this might be a stupid question to many but I usually like to stick to correct/better implementation. In Java, when writing a getter/setter, would it be better to refer to the instance variable with this or access it directly?

Thanks

Answer 1

It does not really matter as long as you refer to the proper variables.

Yet, it is a common practice to refer to the local fields with this so that you do not mix them up with local variables:

public void setField(int field)[
    this.field = field;
}