Using a private variable in a inherited class - Java

Question

Need to have more understanding about the private variables and inheritance. Earlier my understanding was if there is field in a class and when I\'m inheriting the class, th

Answer 1

This is what Java tutorial http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/IandI/subclasses.html says:

A subclass does not inherit the private members of its parent class. However, if the superclass has public or protected methods for accessing its private fields, these can also be used by the subclass.

Nevertheless, see this

class A {
   private int i;
}

class B extends A {
}

B b = new B();
Field f = A.class.getDeclaredField("i");
f.setAccessible(true);
int i = (int)f.get(b);

it works fine and returns value of field i from B instance. That is, B has i.