JavaScript Getter

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const student = {

    // data property
    firstName: 'Monica',
    
    // accessor property(getter)
    get getName() {
        return this.firstName;
    }
};

// accessing data property
console.log(student.firstName); // Monica

// accessing getter methods
console.log(student.getName); // Monica

// trying to access as a method
console.log(student.getName()); // error

 

Output:

In the above program, a getter method getName() is created to access the property of an object.

get getName() {
    return this.firstName;