Java Programming Tradition strongly suggest to under no circumstances give access to properties, and alternatively, go through getters and setters, and only These which are actually required. MaartenMaarten 23k33 gold badges5151 silver badges6969 bronze badges Include a comment I would keep away from incorporating a default to the constructor; go https://share.evernote.com/note/b70f97d8-d707-0f98-8b5a-ca4fa29c37c1