Java reflection - impact of setAccessible(true)

Question

I\'m using some annotations to dynamically set values of fields in classes. Since I want to do this regardless of whether it\'s public, protected, or private, I am a calling

Answer 1

import java.lang.reflect.Field;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;

public class PrivateVariableAcc {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        PrivateVarTest myClass = new PrivateVarTest();
        Field field1 = myClass.getClass().getDeclaredField("a");
        field1.setAccessible(true);
        System.out.println("This is access the private field-"
            + field1.get(myClass));
        Method mm = myClass.getClass().getDeclaredMethod("getA");
        mm.setAccessible(true);
        System.out.println("This is calling the private method-"
            + mm.invoke(myClass, null));
    }

}