How to invoke parent private method from child? [duplicate]

Answer 1

You can do it using reflection, but unless there is a very good reason to do so, you should first reconsider your design.

The code below prints 123, even when called from outside A.

public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    Method m = A.class.getDeclaredMethod("getC");
    m.setAccessible(true); //bypasses the private modifier
    int i = (Integer) m.invoke(new A());
    System.out.println("i = " + i); //prints 123
}

public static class A {

    private int getC() {
        return 123;
    }
}