Encapsulation vs Data Hiding - Java

Question

Interviewer: What is encapsulation and how do you achieve it in Java?

Me: Encapsulation is a mechanism to hide

Answer 1

The way i see it , Encapsulation refer to the idea of binding data and method to a single unit called class . However there are two main criteria to bind data and methods . One of them is information hiding, just not the only one . To be perfectly concise i would say the two main criteria are

1. Low Coupling (ensure by information hiding)
2. High Cohesion