instance private members accessed from other instances of the same type

[tariqatherah]

public class Test {

private int someInt;

public void testMethod(EtQEncryptionUtils testInstance){
System.out.println(testInstance.someInt);
}
}

how could this class compile, while the testMethod is trying to use testInstance.someInt which is private in testInstance?

[JosAH]

The access specifier 'private' works on the class level, i.e. two different objects of the same class can manipulate each others' private members.

kind regards,

Jos