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<h2>Explanation</h2>
<p>The error message "unable to make field private final java.util.comparator java.util.treemap.comparator accessible: module java.base does not opens java.util" occurs when we try to access a private or a package-private member (field, method, or class) from outside its package or class.</p>
<p>In Java, by default, access to the members is restricted to that specific package or class. If we want to access them from another package or class, we need to make them public or use appropriate access modifiers. In this case, the field "comparator" of the "TreeMap" class from the "java.util" package is not accessible.</p>
<p>To resolve this issue, we can either modify the source code of the "java.util" package or use reflection to access the private or package-private members.</p>
<h2>Example</h2>
<p>Let's take an example where we want to access the private field "comparator" of the TreeMap class.</p>
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import java.lang.reflect.Field;
import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.TreeMap;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
TreeMap<Integer, String> treeMap = new TreeMap<>();
Field comparatorField = TreeMap.class.getDeclaredField("comparator");
comparatorField.setAccessible(true); // Make the private field accessible
Comparator<Integer> comparator = (Comparator<Integer>) comparatorField.get(treeMap);
System.out.println("Comparator class: " + comparator.getClass().getName());
}
}
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<p>In this example, we use reflection to access the private field "comparator" of the TreeMap class. We get the field using the "getDeclaredField" method and then make it accessible using the "setAccessible" method. Finally, we retrieve the value of the field using the "get" method and print the class name of the comparator.</p>
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