Definition of "accessor" []

• Someone or something that accesses. (noun)

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• "Setting these values can also be achieved by calling the accessor methods directly."
• "After that we updated the password accessor methods; assignment and verification. class Account def password = (password) if new_record? or! password. blank? self. crypted_password = BCrypt:: Password. create (password) end end def has_password? (input)"
• "That way, you can change an object's variable without the overhead of calling the accessor, but still claim that the class is a "Java Bean"."