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== Noncompliant Code Example

[source,java]
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public void makeItPublic(String methodName) throws NoSuchMethodException {

  this.getClass().getMethod(methodName).setAccessible(true); // Noncompliant 
}

public void setItAnyway(String fieldName, int value) {
  this.getClass().getDeclaredField(fieldName).setInt(this, value); // Noncompliant; bypasses controls in setter 
}
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== See

* https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/x/_jZGBQ[CERT, SEC05-J.] - Do not use reflection to increase accessibility of classes, methods, or fields

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