GWT RequestFactory: IllegalArgumentException for setter only fields

Why is it mandatory to have both getters and setters for a field in RF Proxy interfaces? For some fields (like plain text password), you want setters only.

e.g.

    @ProxyFor(value = User.class)
    public interface UserProxy extends ValueProxy {
        void setPassword(String password);
    }

User class has both getters and setters.

   

public class User implements Serializable {
   
    private String password;
   
    public String getPassword() {
        return password;
    }
   
    public void setPassword(String password) {
        this.password = password;
    }

When I set the password on proxy, I get an IllegalArgumentException:

    UserProxy user = userRequest.create(UserProxy.class);
    user.setPassword("abc");

Above code results in following error:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: password

    at com.google.web.bindery.autobean.shared.impl.AutoBeanCodexImpl.doCoderFor(AutoBeanCodexImpl.java:525)

    at com.google.web.bindery.autobean.shared.impl.AbstractAutoBean.setProperty(AbstractAutoBean.java:276)

...

...

This error goes away if I add a 'getPassword()' method in UserProxy interface but that defeats the purpose. Any help is appreciated. 

Thanks,

Arpit

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