i am developing a Java Api to do things (secret, uhhhh ;).
Is there a way to hide classes, and the internal structure of my API?
What i found until now:
Using inner classes (ugly way, i do not want to put all in on class file)
All classes in one package so that i can use the "package"-visibilty (also ugly, i need more packages)
Example:
---
package net.my.app;
//this is the Public Access
class MyPublicClass{
public void somePublicFunction(){
//access to not visibil classes
}
}
---
package net.my.app.notvisible:
//this is what i want to hide
class MyNOTPublicClass{
...
}
---
Any ideas?
Thank you!
解决方案
Use interfaces to define what your
app does
Create a main entry point to accesses services, returning interfaces only
I wouldn't bother about actually hiding the implementation classes. You can never really hide them in Java, and those who are technically interested might just start your app with a debugger. Just provide no public constructors, for example
Regarding this comment:
Sean, would you elaborate a little
more on your answer? ...
One way to implement my second bullet point I mean using a Service Lookup class, e.g.
public class Lookup {
private static final Foo foo = new FooImpl();
public static Foo getFoo() {
return foo;
}
}
Foo is an interface, FooImpl an implementation class (which can be package private if you want to enforce that it can't be instantiated by clients)