Study of Java Access Control Mechanism

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 Study of Java Access Control Mechanism

Journal Title: IOSR Journals (IOSR Journal of Computer Engineering) - Year 2013, Vol 15, Issue 1

Abstract

 a class as "a collection of data and methods." One of the important object-oriented techniques is hiding the data within the class and making it available only through the methods. This technique is known as  encapsulation because it seals the data (and internal methods) safely inside the "capsule" of the class, where it  can be accessed only by trusted users.  Another reason for encapsulation is to protect your class against accidental or willful stupidity. A class  often contains a number of interdependent fields that must be in a consistent state. If you allow a users to  manipulate those fields directly, he may change one field without changing important related fields, thus leaving  the class in an inconsistent state. If, instead, he has to call a method to change the field, that method can be sure to do everything necessary to keep the state consistent. Similarly, if a class defines certain methods for internal  use only, hiding these methods prevents users of the class from calling them. The goal is : All the fields and methods of a class can always be used within the body of the class itself. Java defines access control rules that restrict members of a class from being used outside the class that is done through keeping the data (and internal methods) safely inside the "capsule" of the class, where it can be  accessed only by trusted users.

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Manhal Mohammad Basher

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