[GROOVY-1591] Private Fields Are Accessible From Other Classes

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 1.0-RC-1
• Component/s: groovy-runtime
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Jeff Brown
• Created: 12/Dec/06 19:00
• Updated: 13/Apr/15 08:57

Description

If I declare a private field like this...

Person.groovy

class Person {
   private firstName
}

I can still access this field from another class like this...

Foo.groovy

class Foo {
   def doIt() {
       def p = new Person(firstName:'Jeff')
       println p.firstName
   }
   static void main(args) {
       new Foo().doIt()
   }
}

I don't think that I should be able to access p.firstName inside of the Foo class.

Issue Links

• is related to: GROOVY-1875 private fields and private methods are not private
• relates to: GROOVY-1063 No access protection for private static fields