is there any API to access private members of a class?

No. The point of private members is that they can't be accessed from outside of the class.

Satya Siripuram wrote:is there any API to access private members of a class?

Yes, it's called reflection, see the Class class. But it should be used in special cases only, if you need it often, your code is badly designed!

Satya Siripuram wrote:is there any API to access private members of a class?

Yes, the Reflection API, but it's not recommended because you seriously compromise the type safety of your program.

Here you'll find sample code.

thank you very much for your information.

Note that the reflection workaround will not work in the presence of a security manager, and can easily lead to behavior that breaks class contracts - proceed very carefully. If something is private, then there's generally a reason for that.