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Private is a way of encapsulation in object-oriented programming.

JUnit Testing private variables?

I have been assigned the task of unit testing a class that I never worked directly on with JUnit, and …

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Difference between public static and private static variables

class Employee{ // salary variable is a private static variable private static double salary; // DEPARTMENT is a constant public static final …

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What is the difference between protected and private?

I don't understand the difference between protected and private members or methods, as I assumed both will hide the member …

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How can I embed private youtube video in my site?

I have to display some private Youtube videos in my blog. I cannot embed them directly. What should I use …

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Why can outer Java classes access inner class private members?

I observed that Outer classes can access inner classes private instance variables. How is this possible? Here is a sample …

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Protected and private methods in Rails

Method visibility in Ruby (public, protected, and private methods) has been well explained in places like this blog post. But …

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What is the use of having destructor as private?

What is the use of having destructor as private?

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Are private members inherited in C#?

Just seen one tutorial saying that: Class Dog { private string Name; } Class SuperDog:Dog { private string Mood; } Then there was …

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Java reflection get all private fields

I wonder is there a way to get all private fields of some class in java and their type. For …

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access private members in inheritance

I have a class A, which have a field val declared as private. I want to declare a class B, …

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