>To differ from those code-heavy tools, in VFP you don't need to write the Get and Set methods (aka _access and _assign), because you can make any property directly available without writing a single byte of code. But you can, if you want. So, the best of both worlds - available and not mandatory.

Is it really mandatory (from the technical perspective of "does not work if done against common usage") in Java now ?

curious

thomas