Encapsulation is a method of wrapping data and methods together as a single unit. In encapsulation, the variables of a class are hidden from other classes and can be accessed only through the methods of their current class. This concept is known as data hiding.
Steps to achieve encapsulation
<ul>
<li>Declare variables of a class as private
</li>
<li>Provide public setter and getter methods to modify and view the variable values.
</li>
</ul>
<pre><code class="lang-java">class Employee
{
 private int empid;
 public void setEmpid(int eid)
 {
 empid=eid;
 }
 public int getEmpid()
 {
 return empid;
 }
}
class Company
{
 public static void main(String[] args)
 {
 Employee e= new Employee();
 e.setEmpid(101);
 System.out.println(e.getEmpid());
 }
}
</code></pre>

Encapsulation is a method of wrapping data and methods together as a single unit. In encapsulation, the variables of a class are hidden from other classes and can be accessed only through the methods of their current class. This concept is known as data hiding.

Steps to achieve encapsulation

* Declare variables of a class as private
    
* Provide public setter and getter methods to modify and view the variable values.
    

```java
class Employee
{
    private int empid;
    public void setEmpid(int eid)
    {
        empid=eid;
    }
    public int getEmpid()
    {
        return empid;
    }
}
class Company
{
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        Employee e= new Employee();
        e.setEmpid(101);
        System.out.println(e.getEmpid());
    }
}
```

Encapsulation in Java