javabeans - How to define private getter method in Groovy Bean?

Question

I used following code.

class Bike{
 def manufacturer;

 private getManufacturer(){
  manufacturer
 }

}

But I was able invoke getter method from another class.

Answer 1

You can't using the private modifier. This is scheduled for Groovy 2.0 I believe

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