It has been suggested that C++ and JAVA support implementation of abstract data types but only at the cost of giving up information hiding. Briefly discuss this claim.

Analyze the following code from the viewpoint of information hiding or data encapsulation.

public class CircleWithPrivateDataFields {

/** The radius of the circle */

private double radius = 1;

/** The number of the objects created */

private static int numberOfObjects = 0;

/** Construct a circle with radius 1 */

public CircleWithPrivateDataFields() {

numberOfObjects++;

}

/** Construct a circle with a specified radius */

public CircleWithPrivateDataFields(double newRadius) {

radius = newRadius;

numberOfObjects++;

}

/** Return radius */

public double getRadius() {

return radius;

}

/** Set a new radius */

public void setRadius(double newRadius) {

radius = (newRadius >= 0) ? newRadius : 0;

}

/** Return numberOfObjects */

public static int getNumberOfObjects() {

return numberOfObjects;

}

/** Return the area of this circle */

public double getArea() {

return radius * radius * Math.PI;

}

}