[JAVA][Beginning Java 8 Games Development]

Chapter 12 ■ Setting Boundaries for Your Action Figure in 2D: Using the Node Class LocalToParent Attribute
This time, we are going to use the NetBeans Generate Getters and Setters dialog, which is shown in Figure 12-2, to
selectively write the getters (the .is() methods) and the setters (the .set() methods), which will access the four Boolean
variables. Technically, right now we only need to use the getter .is() methods, so you could use the Generate ➤ Getter
menu option, shown in the middle (pop-up or floating) Generate menu, above the selected Getter and Setter option,
in the middle (encased with a red line) of Figure 12-2. I prefer to generate both of these method “directions,” just in
case, later on in the software development process, I need to set these variables (externally, in another class) for some
programming reason relating to the game play logic development.
Figure 12-2. Use the Source ➤ Insert Code ➤ Getter and Setter dialog to create methods for the four boolean variables
Select the four Boolean down, left, right, and up variables in the Generate Getters and Setters dialog, shown on
the far right side of Figure 12-2, click your cursor so that it is in front of the final } curly brace in your class (this will
tell NetBeans that you want it to write, or place, this code at the end of the current class structure), and then click the
Generate button at the bottom of this dialog, to generate the eight new Boolean variable access method structures.
As you can see in Figure 12-3, there are eight new methods at the bottom of your InvinciBagel.java class. It is
important to note that the .set() methods all use the Java this keyword to set the Boolean variable that you pass in to
the method to the up, down, left, or right (private) variables. The .setUp() method, for instance, would look like this:
public void setUp(boolean up) {
this.up = up;
}
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