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Can a class with a private constructor be used to create a Spring Bean?

Tests whether you know Spring can still instantiate a bean with a private constructor by calling setAccessible(true) via reflection, so encapsulation alone doesn't stop it -- though it signals the class wasn't designed to be a managed bean.

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