Question

We cannot access a private variable of a class from an object, which is created outside the class, but it is possible to access when the same object is created inside the class, itself. why??

class Program
{
private int i;

public void method1()
{            
    Program p = new Program();
    p.i = 5;        // OK when accessed within the class
}

}

class AnotherClass
{

void method2()
{
    Program p = new Program();
    p.i = 5; //error because private variables cannot be accessed with an object which is created out side the class
}

}

Answer 1

see this Access Modifiers