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### Getter

Defines code which is called to retrieve the value of a property. The code should return the value of the property.

More information about getter

Example:

        <property name="time">
          <getter>
           <![CDATA[
            var hour=this.getAttribute("hour");
            var minute=this.getAttribute("minute");
            var second=this.getAttribute("second");
            return hour + ":" + minute + ":" + second;
           ]]>
          </getter>
        </property>

Attributes:

id

#### Attributes:

##### id

Type: element id, must be unique in the window

A unique identifier so that you can identify the getter with. You can use this as a parameter to getElementById and other DOM functions and to reference the element in style sheets.

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