It should be mentioned that class helpers do not solve all problems,
Not being able to access a member that you should not access is not a problem.
It's what visibility in OOP is ment to do. It is by design that you cannot
access that member. Having an official way to do this is IMHO bad.
People will use it. And not just in special situations. They will use it as
integral part of their software design and that is not a good idea.
totally agree.
An interface to a class (or its concept, anyway) is there for a reason.
And you should adhere to. I may also say that if you need to access a
protected, or private for what is worth, member of a (library...) class,
then you should revise your code... because either you're using the
wrong class, or your problem can be solved in a different, possibly more
elegant, and surely more OO compliant way ;-)
Cheers, A.
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