---
title: "@IgnoreVisibility"
---
`@IgnoreVisiblity` tells the serializer that it should not ignore non-public fields. It will attempt to access widen private, protected, etc. fields while performing de/serialization.
This can also be used on a ConfigSection, or a class wrapped by a ValidatedAny, to enable the class type to be less-than-public.
```java !!tabs Java
@IgnoreVisibility
public class ConfigImpl extends Config {
public ConfigImpl {
super(new Identifier("example", "config"));
}
private int myPrivateField = 0;
@IgnoreVisibility
private static class SecretBit { /* stuff goes here */ }
// this ValidatedAny will work, thanks to the IgnoreVisibility on the SecretBit class. Otherwise the class would have to be public.
// note that the IgnoreVisiblity of the SecretBit is not responsible for the mySecretBit visibiltity; that is handled by the ConfigImpl annotation
private ValidatedAny mySecretBit = new ValidatedAny(new SecretBit());
}
```
```kotlin !!tabs Kotlin
@IgnoreVisibility
class ConfigImpl: Config(Identifier.of("example", "config")) {
private var myPrivateProperty = 0
@IgnoreVisibility
private class SecretBit { /* stuff goes here */ }
// this ValidatedAny will work, thanks to the IgnoreVisibility on the SecretBit class. Otherwise the class would have to be public.
// note that the IgnoreVisiblity of the SecretBit is not responsible for the mySecretBit visibiltity; that is handled by the ConfigImpl annotation
private var mySecretBit = ValidatedAny(SecretBit())
}
```
See the documentation page here 🗗