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>C++ is an OO language, and of course supports encapsulation.
>Problem is - there is no standard way to add access methods.
>For example:
>class foo
>{
>public:
>	SetMember( Type aMember );
>	Type Member( );
>private:
>	Type Member;
>};

#ifndef PROPERTY_H__
#define PROPERTY_H__

// The property class controls access to a captive variable.
// It captures the get/set pattern.  This class first appeared
// in the November/December 1995 Vol. 7 / No. 9 Issue of C++ Report
// in the article Patterns in Practice: A property template for C++
// by Colin Hastie.

template < class T >
class property
{
private:
    T content;  // captive variable
    
    // non-implemented non-accessible assignment operator
    void operator =( const property< T >& );

public:
    // ctors
    property() {}
    property< T >( const T& t )
        : content( t )
    {}

    // accessors
    T operator()() const   // get
    { return content; }

    void operator()( const T& t )  // set
    { content = t; }
};

#endif


To use this class you'd do something like this...

class foo
{
public:
    property< int > foo_number;
};
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