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    <p>No. They don't inherit it. </p> <p>The fact some other class may use it indirectly says nothing about inheritance, but about encapsulation. </p> <p>For instance:</p> <pre><code>class Some { private int count; public void increment() { count++; } public String toString() { return Integer.toString( count ); } } class UseIt { void useIt() { Some s = new Some(); s.increment(); s.increment(); s.increment(); int v = Integer.parseInt( s.toString() ); // hey, can you say you inherit it? } } </code></pre> <p>You can also get the value of <code>count</code> inside <code>UseIt</code> via reflection. It doesn't means, you inherit it. </p> <p><strong>UPDATE</strong> </p> <p>Even though the value is there, it is not inherited by the subclass.</p> <p>For instance a subclass defined as:</p> <pre><code>class SomeOther extends Some { private int count = 1000; @Override public void increment() { super.increment(); count *= 10000; } } class UseIt { public static void main( String ... args ) { s = new SomeOther(); s.increment(); s.increment(); s.increment(); v = Integer.parseInt( s.toString() ); // what is the value of v? } } </code></pre> <p>This is exactly the same situation as the first example. The attribute <code>count</code> is hidden and <strong>not</strong> inherited by the subclass at all. Still, as DigitalRoss points out, the value is there, but not by means on inheritance. </p> <p>Put it this way. If your father is wealthy and gives you a credit card, you can still buy thing with his money, but doesn't mean you have <strong><em>inherited</em></strong> all that money, does it? </p> <p><strong>Other update</strong></p> <p>It is very interesting though, <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4716040/does-subclasses-inherit-private-fields/4716140#4716140">to know why the attribute is there.</a></p> <p>I frankly don't have the exact term to describe it, but it's the JVM and the way it works that loads also the "not inherited" parent definition. </p> <p>We could actually change the parent and the subclass will still work.</p> <p><a href="https://gist.github.com/OscarRyz/37fab40a68fa3e5051c1fb0b8c55b389" rel="nofollow noreferrer">For instance</a>:</p> <pre><code>//A.java class A { private int i; public String toString() { return ""+ i; } } // B.java class B extends A {} // Main.java class Main { public static void main( String [] args ) { System.out.println( new B().toString() ); } } // Compile all the files javac A.java B.java Main.java // Run Main java Main // Outout is 0 as expected as B is using the A 'toString' definition 0 // Change A.java class A { public String toString() { return "Nothing here"; } } // Recompile ONLY A.java javac A.java java Main // B wasn't modified and yet it shows a different behaviour, this is not due to // inheritance but the way Java loads the class Output: Nothing here </code></pre> <p>I guess the exact term could be found here: <a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se8/html/jls-8.html#jls-8.4.8" rel="nofollow noreferrer">The JavaTM Virtual Machine Specification</a></p>
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    2. CO:) Next time you could take the chance to explain your interviewer where is **he/she** wrong, and this may give you extra points ;) Obviously you should do this in a diplomatic correct way.
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