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How to call getter and setter from within a javascript class

Is it possible to call getter and setter from within own class ? If yes what’s the valid syntax instead of invalid

  this.gettext();

in below class :

  class Test {

    _text: string;
    constructor(value: string) {
      this._text = value;
    }

    get text() {
      return this._text;
    }

    set text(value) {
      this._text = value;
    }

    test () {
      return this.gettext();
    }
  }

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Answer

Setters are called during asignment and getters during reading.

  this.text = "testing..."

will call the setter passing “testing…” as a value.

  console.log(this.text)

will call the getter

If you need to treat as a callable method, wrap it inside a method or don’t use properties (getters/setters), use a method instead. If, as you show, you want to wrap it in another method for some reason:

test() {
   return this.text;
}
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