Understanding Encapsulation Using Examples
Explore the concept of encapsulation in Python object-oriented programming by learning how to bind data and methods within classes and restrict direct access to private properties. This lesson uses examples including a User class to demonstrate why encapsulation is essential for data security and maintainable code.
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Encapsulation refers to the concept of binding data and the methods operating on that data in a single unit, which is also called a class.
The goal is to prevent this bound data from any unwanted access by the code outside this class. Let’s understand this by using an example of a very basic User class.
Consider that we are up for designing an application and are working on modeling the log in part of that application. We know that a user needs a username and a password ...