[RESOLVED] access control "private"

[eranga262154]

Let say I have a private instance variable in a Java code.

class SetName
       {
             private String Name;
 
             // rest of the code goes here
      }

Is there any direct/indirect way to retrieve or set its value from other classes.

[CornedBee]

Indirect, yes: define a setter. But the whole point of private variables is that they can't be accessed from other classes.

[eranga262154]

How about the methods such as void, no return value.

[CornedBee]

What's the question?

[eranga262154]

I mean how can work on such a variable on a method like void which has no return value.

[TBeck]

the void methods are used to manipulate the private instance variables of the class

[eranga262154]

How poor I'm to miss this point. Thanks