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5,177 PointsWhat is the benefit of making a method private not sure I understand why you would have to do this
Thank you in advance
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tobiaskrause
9,160 PointsIts all about access control of the members... Oracle itself has an great article https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/javaOO/accesscontrol.html
Edit: This guy explains it in a not so complex but much more funnier way :) http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2954793/the-use-of-private-keyword