[Jython-users] Write-only attributes?

[John G. <jgo...@co...>]

Hi,

This has to be one of the weirdest errors I've ever seen.

I have a Python class that subclasses a Java class.  The Java
superclass has a class variable named user.  Attempting to read it
(ie, print self.user) in the Python subclass generates an
exception with the message "Write-only attribute."  Of what use a
write-only attribute is to anybody is beyond me!  I finally worked
around it by writing an accessor method in Java.  Sigh.

Note: I even tried making the variable public in the Java class in case
security was the problem.  It wasn't.