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Can I access private fields/properties/methods from outside a class through reflection?
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I always believe they did, but seeing some answers here make me doubt…
Can I access private fields/properties/methods from outside a class through reflection?
Yes you can access private fields via reflection. This is how a lot of ORMs go about populating an object without going through your properties (which will invoke business logic you might not have intended to be run on an object load).
Access modifiers are not a form of security!