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Java Java Objects (Retired) Meet Objects Privacy and Methods

Posted by Tony K
Tony K
Courses Plus Student 442 Points

Well Done ! I Didn't understand Anything on "Public" and "private" .

Plz Someone Help me !

2 Answers

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,457 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,457 Points

"public" and "private" control access to members within a class. Marking a member or field "private" restricts access outside of that class. More info in the docs

Alex Garcia
Alex Garcia
6,374 Points
Alex Garcia
Alex Garcia
6,374 Points

I can understand how it can be confusing; I know i didn't understand the concept at first when i took a java course. To make it simple it controls whether or not you can access it. The reason why you wouldn't want it to be accessed is because you want to stay constant like the variable in the method. Basically by making it private the only time you can access that variable is within that method and not anywhere else within your line of code.