Modern setters are usually trained to indicate the position of game birds by standing in a fixed position, but originally they indicated it by sitting or crouching
A special kind of method, whose purpose is to set the value of an instance or class variable This allows another object to set the value of one of its variables (See Getter )
One who, or that which, sets; used mostly in composition with a noun, as typesetter; or in combination with an adverb, as a setter on (or inciter), a setter up, a setter forth
A mutator to set the value of a property In Java, normally the signature of the method is of the form public void setPropertyName(PropertyType propertyName); In the most simple form, the method nominally simply assigns a new value to the instance variable /** * Set propertyName of this to the new value * * @post | new getPropertyName() == propertyName; */ public void setPropertyName(PropertyType propertyName) { $propertyName = propertyName; } Often, side effects are implied (e g , see bound property)
A setter is a long-haired dog that can be trained to show hunters where birds and animals are. Any of three breeds derived from a medieval hunting dog that would set (lie down) when it found birds so that it and the birds could be covered with a net. Setters have long hair on the ears, chest, legs, and tail. They weigh 44-70 lbs (20-32 kg) and stand 23-27 in. (58-69 cm). The English setter, developed in the 15th century, may be all white, black and white-and-tan, or white with dark flecks. The Gordon setter originated in 17th-century Scotland; its soft, wavy coat is black with tan markings. The Irish setter, bred in Ireland in the 18th-cent, has a straight red coat