OOP Concepts

Encapsulation in Java

Encapsulation is the object-oriented principle of bundling data (fields) and the methods that operate on that data within a single unit—a class—while restricting direct access to the internal state. In Java, this is achi...

• Encapsulation bundles a class's data and the methods that operate on it into one unit.
• In Java, fields are declared `private` and accessed via `public` getters and setters.
• Setters allow validation, preventing objects from entering invalid states.

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