I think it doesn't want to expose the Data object to the outside? Thanks, Supun..
On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 4:57 PM, Amila Maha Arachchi <ami...@wso2.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I came across the following code segment. > > public Date getDate() { > return new Date(date.getTime()); > } > > public void setDate(Date date) { > this.date = new Date(date.getTime()); > } > > Any reason for the above implementation instead of > > return date; and > this.date = date; > > Thanks, > AmilaM. > > _______________________________________________ > Carbon-dev mailing list > Carbon-dev@wso2.org > http://mail.wso2.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/carbon-dev > > -- Supun Kamburugamuva Technical Lead & Product Manager, WSO2 Inc.; http://wso2.com Member, Apache Software Foundation; http://www.apache.org WSO2 Inc.; http://wso2.org E-mail: su...@wso2.com; Mobile: +94 77 431 3585 Blog: http://supunk.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ Carbon-dev mailing list Carbon-dev@wso2.org http://mail.wso2.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/carbon-dev