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Java Encapsulation
Encapsulation is one of the four fundamental OOP concepts. The other three are
inheritance, polymorphism, and abstraction.
Encapsulation in Java is a mechanism of wrapping the data (variables) and code acting on
the data (methods) together as a single unit. In encapsulation, the variables of a class will
be hidden from other classes, and can be accessed only through the methods of their
current class. Therefore, it is also known as data hiding.
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Achieving Encapsulation in Java
To achieve encapsulation in Java −
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Declare the variables of a class as private.
Provide public setter and getter methods to modify and view the variables values.
Java Encapsulation Example
Following is an example that demonstrates how to achieve Encapsulation in Java −
/* File name : EncapTest.java */
public class EncapTest {
private String name;
private String idNum;
private int age;
public int getAge() {
return age;
}
public String getName() {
return name;
}
public String getIdNum() {
return idNum;
}
public void setAge( int newAge) {
age = newAge;
}
public void setName(String newName) {
name = newName;
}
public void setIdNum( String newId) {
idNum = newId;
}
}
The public setXXX() and getXXX() methods are the access points of the instance
variables of the EncapTest class. Normally, these methods are referred as getters and
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setters. Therefore, any class that wants to access the variables should access them
through these getters and setters.
The variables of the EncapTest class can be accessed using the following program −
/* File name : RunEncap.java */
public class RunEncap {
public static void main(String args[]) {
EncapTest encap = new EncapTest();
encap.setName("James");
encap.setAge(20);
encap.setIdNum("12343ms");
System.out.print("Name : " + encap.getName() + " Age : " +
encap.getAge());
}
}
public class EncapTest {
private String name;
private String idNum;
private int age;
public int getAge() {
return age;
}
public String getName() {
return name;
}
public String getIdNum() {
return idNum;
}
public void setAge( int newAge) {
age = newAge;
}
public void setName(String newName) {
name = newName;
}
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public void setIdNum( String newId) {
idNum = newId;
}
}
Output
Name : James Age : 20
Benefits of Encapsulation
The fields of a class can be made read-only or write-only.
A class can have total control over what is stored in its fields.
Java Encapsulation: Read-Only Class
A read-only class can have only getter methods to get the values of the attributes, there
should not be any setter method.
Example: Creating Read-Only Class
In this example, we defined a class Person with two getter methods getName() and
getAge(). These methods can be used to get the values of attributes declared as private
in the class.
// Class "Person"
class Person {
private String name = "Robert";
private int age = 21;
// Getter methods
public String getName() {
return this.name;
}
public int getAge() {
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return this.age;
}
}
public class Main {
public static void main(String args[]) {
// Object to Person class
Person per = new Person();
// Getting and printing the values
System.out.println("Name of the person is: " + per.getName());
System.out.println("Age of the person is: " + per.getAge());
}
}
Output
Name of the person is: Robert
Age of the person is: 21
Java Encapsulation: Write-Only Class
A write-only class can have only setter methods to set the values of the attributes, there
should not be any getter method.
Example: Creating Write-Only Class
In this example, we defined a class Person with two setter methods setName() and
setAge(). These methods can be used to set the values of attributes declared as private
in the class.
// Class "Person"
class Person {
private String name;
private int age;
// Setter Methods
public void setName(String name) {
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this.name = name;
}
public void setAge(int age) {
this.age = age;
}
}
public class Main {
public static void main(String args[]) {
// Object to Person class
Person per = new Person();
// Setting the values
per.setName("Robert");
per.setAge(21);
}
}
Java Encapsulation: More Examples
Example 1: Person Class (Fully Encapsulated)
This example creates a fully encapsulated class named "Person". This class has private
class attributes, setter, and getter methods.
// Class "Person"
class Person {
private String name;
private int age;
// Setter Methods
public void setName(String name) {
this.name = name;
}
public void setAge(int age) {
this.age = age;
}
// Getter methods
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public String getName() {
return this.name;
}
public int getAge() {
return this.age;
}
}
// The Main class to test encapsulated class "Person"
public class Main {
public static void main(String args[]) {
// Objects to Person class
Person per1 = new Person();
Person per2 = new Person();
// Setting the values
per1.setName("Robert");
per1.setAge(21);
per2.setName("Riyan");
per2.setAge(22);
// Printing the values
System.out.println("Person 1: Name : " + per1.getName() + " Age : " +
per1.getAge());
System.out.println("Person 2: Name : " + per2.getName() + " Age : " +
per2.getAge());
}
}
Output
Person 1: Name : Robert Age : 21
Person 2: Name : Riyan Age : 22
Example 2: Employee Class (Fully Encapsulated)
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This example creates a fully encapsulated class named "Employee". This class has private
class attributes, setter, and getter methods.
// Class "Employee"
class Employee {
private String emp_name;
private String emp_id;
private double net_salary;
// Constructor
public Employee(String emp_name, String emp_id, double net_salary) {
this.emp_name = emp_name;
this.emp_id = emp_id;
this.net_salary = net_salary;
}
// Getter methods
public String getEmpName() {
return emp_name;
}
public String getEmpId() {
return emp_id;
}
public double getSalary() {
return net_salary;
}
// Setter methods
public void setEmpName(String emp_name) {
this.emp_name = emp_name;
}
public void setEmpId(String emp_id) {
this.emp_id = emp_id;
}
public void setSalary(double net_salary) {
this.net_salary = net_salary;
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}
}
// The Main class to test encapsulated class "Employee"
public class Main {
public static void main(String args[]) {
// Objects to Employee class
// First object - setting values using constructor
Employee emp = new Employee("Robert", "EMP001", 75450.00);
// Printing data
System.out.println("Employee (Intial Values):");
System.out.println(emp.getEmpId() + " , " + emp.getEmpName() + " , " +
emp.getSalary());
// Updating values using setter methods
emp.setEmpName("Riyan");
emp.setEmpId("EMP002");
emp.setSalary(90500.00);
// Printing data
System.out.println("Employee (Updated Values):");
System.out.println(emp.getEmpId() + " , " + emp.getEmpName() + " , " +
emp.getSalary());
}
}
Output
Employee (Intial Values):
EMP001 , Robert , 75450.0
Employee (Updated Values):
EMP002 , Riyan , 90500.0
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