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Is there a way to simulate the C++ ‘friend’ concept in Java?

October 10, 2022 by Tarik

Here is a small trick that I use in JAVA to replicate C++ friend mechanism. Lets say I have a class Romeo and another class Juliet. They are in different packages (family) for hatred reasons. Romeo wants to cuddle Juliet and Juliet wants to only let Romeo cuddle her. In C++, Juliet would declare Romeo … Read more

When should you use ‘friend’ in C++?

September 23, 2022 by Tarik

Firstly (IMO) don’t listen to people who say friend is not useful. It IS useful. In many situations you will have objects with data or functionality that are not intended to be publicly available. This is particularly true of large codebases with many authors who may only be superficially familiar with different areas. There ARE … Read more