Java Encapsulation

What is Encapsulation?

Encapsulation is the process of hiding data and controlling access to it.

This is done using private variables and public methods.

Getters and Setters

Use getters to access data and setters to modify it.

Using Encapsulation

Controlling Data

Setters can include validation logic.

Why Not Public Variables?

Practice

Create a BankAccount class with controlled balance access.

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