the use of private keyword

Question

I am new to programming. I am learning Java now, there is something I am not really sure, that the use of private. Why programmer set the variable as private then write , ge

Answer 1

C# programmers use this equally as much, or maybe more frequently than I see in Java. C# calls it properties where in Java it is accessors/mutators

For me it makes sense to have getter and setter methods to encapsulate the classes so that no class can change the instance variables of another class.