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

Okay. We are talking about Objects here. The real world objects. If they are not private,the user of your class is allowed to change. What if for a Circle class, and for the radius attribute/property of the Circle class, the user sets value as '0'. It doesn't make sense for a Circle to exist with radius as '0'. You can avoid such mistakes if you make your attributes private and give a setter method and in which and throw an Exception/Error (instructing the user ) that it is not allowed to create a Circle with radisu as '0'. Basically, the objects that are created out of your class - are meant to exist as you wished to have them exist. This is one of the ways to achieve it.