Java Enum access to private instance variable

Question

Consider the example:

enum SomeEnum {
    VALUE1(\"value1\"),
    VALUE2(\"value2\"),
    VALUE3(\"value3\")
    ;
    private String value;

    private SomeEnu         


        

Answer 1

You can't do

SomeEnum.VALUE1 = "Value4";
System.out.println(SomeEnum.VALUE1);

but you can do

SomeEnum.VALUE1.value = "Value4";
System.out.println(SomeEnum.VALUE1);

and value really changes, but not the static final VALUE1.

Also, since value is private, why can I access it outside other classes?

You can access a private field in an outer/inner class, but I cannot find an example of where you can access it from another class (in the same package for example).