title: Hiding a variable from other applications and classes
body: <p>I am creating an application in java that requires a variable to be kept totally secret and not be accessible to anyone. I initially thought of using the 'private' access modifier, however that would still leave it vulnerable to reflection. I have no idea if maybe 'protected' can be accessed by reflection also and I am hoping someone can give me a way of disallowing other programs access to this variable at runtime!</p>
  
  <p>Many thanks in advance,
  Edward Brown</p>