In computer programming, **boilerplate code** are the sections of the code that have to be included in many places without or with, little alterations. A considerable amount of code needs to be written by the programmer for minor functionality; this part of the code is called **boilerplate**. 
 
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# Object-oriented programming

In object-oriented programming, each class has defined methods for *getting* and *setting* their variables. Usually, these methods are regarded as *boilerplate* because these functions can be called for every object of the defined-class.

public class Person {
    // private members.
    private String name; 
    private Integer age;
    // default constructor
    public Person(String name, Integer age) {
        this.name = name;
        this.age = age;
    }
    // getter and setter functions for name.
    public String getName() {
        return name;
    }

    public void setName(String name) {
        this.name = name;
    }
    // getter and setter function for age.
    public Person getAge() {
        return age;
    }

    public void setAge(Integer Age) {
        this.age = age;
    }
}


Java

public class Person
{
    // In C# these mutators methods are automatically created.
    private string name { get; set; }
    private int age { get; set; }
}


> **Note:** The above code is written to provide encapsulation. If the member variables are declared public, the mutator methods would not be needed. 

# Html

The most commonly used *html boilerplate* is shown below:

What is a boilerplate code?

Commonly, boilerplate code means repetitive code sections with minimal alterations, found in many programming contexts like OOP and HTML.