6.6.8 Example: private Fields, Methods, and Constructors

A private class member or constructor is accessible only within the class body in which the member is declared and is not inherited by subclasses. In the example:

class Point {

	Point() { setMasterID(); }


	int x, y;
	private int ID;
	private static int masterID = 0;

	private void setMasterID() { ID = masterID++; }

}

the private members ID, masterID, and setMasterID may be used only within the body of class Point. They may not be accessed by qualified names, field access expressions, or method invocation expressions outside the body of the declaration of Point.

See §8.6.8 for an example that uses a private constructor.