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Java Reflection - Method.canAccess() Examples

[Last Updated: Nov 8, 2025]

Java Reflection Java Java API 

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Class:

java.lang.reflect.Method

java.lang.Objectjava.lang.Objectjava.lang.reflect.AccessibleObjectjava.lang.reflect.AccessibleObjectjava.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElementAnnotatedElementjava.lang.reflect.Executablejava.lang.reflect.Executablejava.lang.reflect.MemberMemberjava.lang.reflect.GenericDeclarationGenericDeclarationjava.lang.reflect.Methodjava.lang.reflect.MethodLogicBig

Method:

public final boolean canAccess(Object obj)

This method returns true if the caller can access this method.


Examples


package com.logicbig.example.method;

import java.lang.reflect.Method;

public class CanAccessExample {
    private static class Test {
        private void doSomething() {
        }
    }

    public static void main(String... args) throws NoSuchMethodException {
        Method m = Test.class.getDeclaredMethod("doSomething");
        Test test = new Test();
        System.out.println(m.canAccess(test));
        boolean b = m.trySetAccessible();
        System.out.println(b);
        System.out.println(m.canAccess(test));
    }
}

Output

true
true
true




package com.logicbig.example.method;

import java.lang.reflect.Method;

public class CanAccessExample2 {
    public static class Test {
        public void doSomething() {
        }
    }

    public static void main(String... args) throws NoSuchMethodException {
        Method m = Test.class.getDeclaredMethod("doSomething");
        boolean b = m.canAccess(new Test());
        System.out.println(b);

        System.out.println(m.isAccessible());
    }
}

Output

true
false

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