What is encapsulation in Python
Encapsulation - Restrict the access to methods or variables. This can prevent the data from being modified or accessing accidentally, but not intentionally.
The private attributes and methods are not really hidden, they’re renamed adding _name in the beginning of their name. The method can actually be called.
Example:
We create a class Car which has two methods: drive() and updateSoftware(). When a car object is created, it will call the private methods __updateSoftware().
This function cannot be called on the object directly, only from within the class.
class Car:
def __init__(self):
self.__updateSoftware()
def drive(self):
print('driving')
def __updateSoftware(self):
print('updating software')
red_car = Car()
red_car.drive()
#re_car.__updateSoftware() not accessible from object.
# Output:
updating software
driving