Calling private method from another class, violating Encapsulation

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On this example is presented a way how to call a private method of class A, from another class?

Since on "regular way" we can not use this, is this violating of encapsulation?

Go through this link: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2481862/how-to-limit-setaccessible-to-only-legitimate-uses — JNL, Sep 03 '13 at 13:49

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:29

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Yes its a violation. And that is one of the reasons why you should carefully use Reflection. For more look here. It can be somewhat controlled by using SecurityManager

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answered Sep 03 '13 at 13:22

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 03 '13 at 13:22

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Yes, it is, and using reflection is explicitly a means of evading the usual access controls. If it's really important to prevent this, you can install a SecurityManager that limits reflection.

answered Sep 03 '13 at 13:22

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Calling private method from another class, violating Encapsulation

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