Property

• A property in Python in an attribute which has an getter, setter and deleter method (Not necessary to implement all three methods)
• They are used to encapsulate the attributes in the class. It is the pythonic way to declare getters and setters
• A property can be created using the @property decorator (recommended) or property() method

class Person:
		__name = ""
 
    @property
    def name(self):
        return self.__name
 
    @name.setter
    def name(self, name):
        self.__name = name
 
    @name.deleter
    def name(self):
        del self.__name
 
class Dog:
	__name = ""
 
    def get_name(self):
        return self.__name
 
    def set_name(self, name):
        self.__name = name
 
    def del_name(self):
        del self.__name
 
		name = property(get_name, set_name, del_name)
 
if __name__ == '__main__':
	p1 = Person()
	p1.name = "David"   # Calls the Setter Method
	print(p1.name)      # Calls the Getter Method
	del p1.name         # Deleltes the instance of the Attribute
 
	d1 = Dog()
	d1.name = "Chip"

__get__(), __set__() or __delete__() (Descriptor Protocol) is called as descriptor

Any object the implements

There are two types of descriptors:

• Data Descriptors : Objects that implement __set__() and __delete__()
• Non Data Descriptors : Objects that implement __get__()