Why can I access a private variable from main method?

Question

package com.valami;

 public class Ferrari
 {
  private int v = 0;


  private void alam()
  {
   System.out.println(\"alam\");
  }

  public Ferrari()
  {
   System         


        

Answer 1

Classes can access the private instance variables of (other) objects of the same type.

The following is also possible

public class Foo {

    private int a;

    public void mutateOtherInstance(Foo otherFoo) {
        otherFoo.a = 1;
    }
}

You could argue if this is desirably or not, but it's just a rule of life that the JLS has specified this is legal.