What does 'private' mean in Groovy?

Question

The following code sets a private method. So how private really is private?

public class Person {
 private String name
}

def u = new Person(name:"Ron")
println u.name

Answer 1

By design Groovy should respect the private modifier, however the current implementation takes no account of it. You can find further details in the following Jira entries:

• Groovy JIRA 1591
• Groovy JIRA 3010

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