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Public fields in public classes do not respect the encapsulation principle and have three main disadvantages:
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* Additional behavior such as validation cannot be added.
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* The internal representation is exposed, and cannot be changed afterwards.
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* Member values are subject to change from anywhere in the code and may not meet the programmer's assumptions.
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To prevent unauthorized modifications, private attributes and accessor methods (set and get) should be used.
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