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

Below is the example for accessing the private members of superclass in the object of subclass.

I am using constructors to do the same.

Below is the superclass Fruit

public class Fruit {
    private String type;

    public Fruit() {
    }

    public Fruit(String type) {
        super();
        this.type = type;
    }

    public String getType() {
        return type;
    }

    public void setType(String type) {
        this.type = type;
    }

}

Below is subclass Guava which is inheriting from Fruit

public class Guava extends Fruit{
    private String name;

    public String getName() {
        return name;
    }

    public void setName(String name) {
        this.name = name;
    }

    public Guava(String name,String type) {
        super(type);
        this.name=name;
    }
}

Below is the main function where we are creating an object of subclass and also displaying the member of superclass.

public class Main {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        Guava G1=new Guava("kanpuria", "red");
        System.out.println(G1.getName()+" "+G1.getType());

    }

}