Call Private constructor in Java
Description
The following code shows how to call Private constructor.
Example
//ww w . j a v a 2 s .c o m
import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
class Deny {
private Deny() {
System.out.format("Deny constructor%n");
}
}
public class Main {
public static void main(String... args) {
try {
Constructor c = Deny.class.getDeclaredConstructor();
c.setAccessible(true); // solution
c.newInstance();
// production code should handle these exceptions more gracefully
} catch (InvocationTargetException x) {
x.printStackTrace();
} catch (NoSuchMethodException x) {
x.printStackTrace();
} catch (InstantiationException x) {
x.printStackTrace();
} catch (IllegalAccessException x) {
x.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
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The code above generates the following result.