What Is a Mutator Method

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What is a mutator method?

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Definitions:

Public Good

A product or service offered for free to all society members, by either the government or a private entity, without the intent of making a profit.

Public Goods

Goods that are non-excludable and non-rivalrous, meaning they are available for everyone to use and one person's use does not reduce availability to others.

Private Goods

Goods that are both rivalrous and excludable, meaning consumption by one person reduces availability for others and access can be restricted.

Tragedy of the Commons

A situation in which individual users, acting independently according to their own self-interest, deplete or spoil shared resources, even though it is contrary to the group's long-term interests.