I can access private variable?? pl give me reason..

[Markandey Sahu]

hi all,
I can access the private variable. how?? i am showing now
write these two class and compile and run
1st class file name:MyClass.java

class MyClass {
String name = "hello world"; 
void show(){
System.out.println(name);
}
}

2nd class file name: Test.java

class Test {
public static void main(String [] args){
MyClass obj=new Myclass();
obj.show();
}
} 

compile and run you will get out put:
hello world

now magic is here make following changes in MyClass.java

(means now your MyClass.java become following)

class MyClass {
private String name = "my private variable ";  
private void show(){
System.out.println(name);
System.out.println("MyClass private method");
}
}

now be careful compile only MyClass.java file not the Test.java file
after compilation run Test class using command (java Test)

now you will get output:
my private variable
MyClass private method

Note: Please run the following application in your console
don't use any editor .. eclipse or other else

if you get reason for this behavior pls answer me
thanks in advance

[Mirko Bonasorte]

Hi,
you are off topic, here. However, consider that the visibility check is done by the compiler and NOT at runtime.

[Peter Chase]

I don't see what's off-topic about this. Seems a perfectly reasonable beginner question, doesn't it?

Basically, if you change and re-build part of an application, and not other parts that would be affected, you can mess it up in a variety of ways, including this one. That's a mis-build and not really terribly interesting beyond that, I think.

In situations where you want to prevent modified code being put into your application, Java has various protection mechanisms available, like SecurityManager, Jar signing, and all sorts of things that I'm afraid I never use, so can't advise further on.

[Ernest Friedman-Hill]

Discussed to death here. Can you please let us know who is putting this bee in your bonnet, so we can look out for it in the future? Both people who posted this question posted it multiple times in multiple forums, so I'm thinking it's a job interview question or something.