Java Reflection API provides a feature to access private members of a Java Class.

java.lang.reflect package provides the AccessibleObject class that is parent class of Constructor, Method, and Field class. Using the AccessibleObject class, we can change the access control flags of a Reflection Object

Lets understand how to achieve this with below example.

Class Having Private Members[MyClass.java]

package in.bibek;

public class MyClass
{
   private String name = "Bibek";
   private String org = "Aon Hewitt";
   public String address = "Delhi";

   private void privateMethod(String aName)
     {
       name = aName;
       System.out.println("Inside Private Method of Class -Name is :"+name);
      }
}

Class to Access the private members of the above class using Reflection[MainClass.java]

package in.bibek;

import java.lang.reflect.Field;
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;

public class MainClass 
{
   public static void main(String[] args) throws SecurityException,
   NoSuchFieldException, IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException,
           NoSuchMethodException, InvocationTargetException
       {
           MyClass myObj = new MyClass();
          //System.out.println(myObj.name);  cannt access
           System.out.println("Address as Public Field "+myObj.address);

          Class myObjClass = myObj.getClass();

          Field nameFld = myObjClass.getDeclaredField("name");
          Field orgFld = myObjClass.getDeclaredField("org");

          nameFld.setAccessible(true);
          orgFld.setAccessible(true);

          System.out.println("value of private name field is : " + nameFld.get(myObj));
          System.out.println("value of private Organization field is : " + orgFld.get(myObj));

         //Accessing Private Methods
          Method method = myObjClass.getDeclaredMethod("privateMethod",String.class);
          method.setAccessible(true);

         method.invoke(myObj,"Mishra");
   }

}