Also known as mutator methods, setter methods just set the value of a field (often private) in a class.
class TwoDPoint {
double x;
double y;
String getAsString() {
return "(" + this.x + "," + this.y + ")";
}
void setX(double value) {
this.x = value;
}
void setY(double value) {
this.y = value;
}
}
TwoDPoint origin = new TwoDPoint();
origin.setX(0.0);
origin.setY(0.0);
System.out.println(origin.getAsString());