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Reputation: 15375

Java method access

I have a question about public and private classes in Java. For example, if you have a public method inside of a private class, can the public method by accessed by other public/private classes? Thanks in advance.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 111

Answers (3)

Sandy Drake
Sandy Drake

Reputation: 1

There can not be private class. Class can only have public or default access level.

Upvotes: -1

Sergey Kalinichenko
Sergey Kalinichenko

Reputation: 726479

In order to be able to invoke a method inside a class, the method that does the invocation must have access to the class itself. Therefore, methods of the class inside of which a private class is defined will have access to the public method, and methods of other classes would not have the access.

Of course if a private class inherits a public class or implements a public interface, the methods of the base class or the interface will be visible to everyone.

Upvotes: 2

Thilo
Thilo

Reputation: 262464

Depends. If the public method is defined by a public interface, callers can access it through the interface. Otherwise, they would not be able to get a reference to it without using the private class (that they cannot see).

Also, with reflection and disabled security manager, you can do these things, too, but that is a different question, I guess.

Upvotes: 1

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