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How can internal details of an object be hidden in the Go language?

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In Go, the internal details of an object (structure) can be hidden by exporting fields and methods. If the name of a field or method starts with an uppercase letter, it is exported and accessible from other packages. If it starts with a lowercase letter, the field or method is private to the package and not accessible from outside.

Example:

package mypackage

type User struct {
    Name string // exported field
    age  int    // private field
}

func (u *User) GetAge() int { // exported method to access the private field
    return u.age
}

Thus, internal details can be hidden by making fields and methods unexported (with lowercase letters) and providing access through exported methods.

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