How to call a private method from outside a java class

Question

I have a Dummy class that has a private method called sayHello. I want to call sayHello from outside Dummy. I think it sh

Answer 1

Example of accessing private method(with parameter) using java reflection as follows :

import java.lang.reflect.Field;
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
class Test
{
    private void call(int n)  //private method
    {
        System.out.println("in call()  n: "+ n);
    }
}
public class Sample
{
    public static void main(String args[]) throws ClassNotFoundException,   NoSuchMethodException, SecurityException, InstantiationException, IllegalAccessException, IllegalArgumentException, InvocationTargetException, NoSuchFieldException
    {
        Class c=Class.forName("Test");  //specify class name in quotes
        Object obj=c.newInstance();

        //----Accessing private Method
        Method m=c.getDeclaredMethod("call",new Class[]{int.class}); //getting method with parameters
        m.setAccessible(true);
        m.invoke(obj,7);
    }
}