Questions tagged [private-methods]
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Rails best practices : Public methods in model
I'm a newbie and I'm wondering if my app is going to fail is a near future because I don't understand all subtleties of Rails. So I prefer to ask you :-)
I have a User and a Product model, and I want to create a method that could be used like that…

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Private and public methods and variable in JavaScript
I am having some problems to understand how to implement and use classes with private/ public methods and use it, even after some read around.
I have the following code:
var _Exits = 0;
var _Shuttles = 0;
function Parking(_str)
{
var Floors =…

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Why the error C2248 when the copy constructor is private in the code below?
This code emits error C2248: 'A::A' : cannot access private member declared in class 'A' in VS2010, although RVO doesn't need a copy constructor. To prove this, just turn public the declaration A(const A&); below, and the code will execute without a…

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Does @Remote in Java EE 6 make private methods accessible?
Consider this code:
@Remote
public interface ISayHello {
private void sayHello();
}
Will the sayHello method be accessible from the outside world or not?

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Rationale behind allowing Ruby constants to be re-defined and allowing access to private methods via send() method?
When we try to redefine a constant, Ruby shows only a warning, but not any error. So one can always redefine a constant in Ruby?
Also a private method of a class can be invoked using the send method:
Const = 12
puts Const
#only an warning: already…

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PHP Class private variable misdirected value
first of all, my problem is from my php class called by a php file who is accessed by an AJAX call.
The problem is that the return value is totally wrong and is not the same as the sybase_result value. So what am i missing?
Here are the steps of my…

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PYTHON: virtual method behavior differences for public, private(single underscore) and private(double underscore) methods
I was trying out NVI(Non-Virtual Interface) Idiom in python, and noticed that private(double underscore) methods don't seem to be acting as virtual.
class A(object):
def a(self):
print "in A.a"
self.b()
self.__b()
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Selectively allowing classes to use others' private class methods, or equivalent solution
In my project Bar, I have this class Foo, whose instances represent unique, named real-world objects. References to these instances are scattered under good care around the data structures in my project, but also, I have decided to make them…

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Unable to access a private function
//**** Build of configuration Debug for project Calculator ****
**** Internal Builder is used for build ****
g++ -O0 -g3 -Wall -c -fmessage-length=0 -o src\Calculator.o ..\src\Calculator.cpp
..\src\/Calculator.h: In function…

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PHP - calling a private method for testing, what's the correct design?
Possible Duplicate:
PhpUnit private method testing
In my unit tests I need to call a private method to set my fixtures to a given state. On the other hand, I'd rather not make this method public. How do I go about this?

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Access a member variable from a private method in JavaScript
lick() is a private method of Cat. Unfortunately, Cat's this.paw is not accessible in lick(). Is there a simple way to create a private method that has access to the member variables of its containing class?

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Local method and namespace in jquery plugin
I created a plugin but want to be sure about what I do with "local" functions.
Here is schematically what I did :
(function($) {
var methods = {
init : function( options ) {
// CODE ...
// Call of a local function
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Calling a private static method from __callStatic
I want to use __callStatic as a preProcessor for calling static methods. My idea is to make the methods private so every static call is forwarded to __callStatic. Then I could use this to do some stuff and call the method then. But it seems not…

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trying to avoid violating encapsulation
starting some new stuff in Java and im kind of having a hard time. I feel like im on the right track just for some reason cannot find a way around the problem I am having without violating encapsulation. I have these two classes called Weight and…

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Accessing public methods in private inner classes
I have the following code, I wanted to know how to access the public method:locationFinder in the private inner class:LocationBasedFormatter of the outer class:LocationFormatter.
Basically I would like to access the method locationFinder from…

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