Why can't I use a getter and setter in a class.

[raybags-dev]

Hi guys, probably not a good question but I figured maybe you could have some insight on this issue . I would appreciate your opinion.

Q_1: Given this code:

class Person{
    constructor(name, age){
        if(!name || !age) throw new Error('name and age parameters required to access use this resource')
           this._name = name;
           this.age = age;
    }

      get_name  (){
        return  this._name;
    }

       get_age  (){
        return  this.age;
    }

      set_name(name){
        if(!name) throw new Error('name is required');

          this._name = name;
        console.log('name set');
    }

     set_age(age){
        if(!age) throw new Error('age is required');

          this.age = age;
        console.log('age set');
    }

       delete_person(name){
               if (!name)  return console.error('please provide a search parameter');
               if (name !==  this._name) return  console.warn('person could not be found');
                
            this._name = null;
            this.age = null

            console.log('operation successful!');
    }

}

Its a simple class that saves a person's name, age with methods to get age and name and also delete the person object entirely.

It works perfectly with these methords:

const new_person = new Person( 'a', 50 );
         new_person.get_name( );
         new_person.get_age( );

        new_person.set_name( );
        new_person.set_age( );
        
        new_person.delete_person( );

Why is it that I cant use the Setter and Getter key words to get and set parameters for my methods in the class like this:

class Person{
    constructor(name, age){
        if(!name || !age) throw new Error('name and age parameters required to access use this resource')
           this._name = name;
           this.age = age;
    }

   get   get_name  (){
        return  this._name;
    }

    get   get_age  (){
        return  this.age;
    }

  set    set_name(name){
        if(!name) throw new Error('name is required');

          this._name = name;
        console.log('name set');
    }

  set   set_age(age){
        if(!age) throw new Error('age is required');

          this.age = age;
        console.log('age set');
    }

       delete_person(name){
               if (!name)  return console.error('please provide a search parameter');
               if (name !==  this._name) return  console.warn('person could not be found');
                
            this._name = null;
            this.age = null

            console.log('operation successful!');
    }

}

Q_2: Given this code:

Given the above code snippet, when calling when calling the get name and get age methods, i do something like this:

const p = new Person('x', 60);
p.get_name() OR p.get_age()

wouldn't it be nice if I could call this method as p.get_name OR p.get_age

I think it would be neater.

Anything you can suggest would be appreciated. Thanks guys.