How to access the private variables of a class in its subclass?

Question

This is a question I was asked in an interview: I have class A with private members and Class B extends A. I know private members of a class cannot be accessed, but the qu

Answer 1

I don't know about Java, but in some languages nested types can do this:

    class A {
        private string someField;
        class B : A {
            void Foo() {
                someField = "abc";
            }
        }
    }

Otherwise, use an accessor method or a protected field (although they are often abused).