diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-reflection-private-constructor/README.md b/core-java-modules/core-java-reflection-private-constructor/README.md
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-### Relevant Articles:
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-reflection-private-constructor/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-reflection-private-constructor/pom.xml
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-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
-    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-    <artifactId>core-java-reflection-private-constructor</artifactId>
-    <name>core-java-reflection-private-constructor</name>
-    <packaging>jar</packaging>
-
-    <parent>
-        <groupId>com.baeldung.core-java-modules</groupId>
-        <artifactId>core-java-modules</artifactId>
-        <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    </parent>
-
-    <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
-            <version>${spring.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.reflections</groupId>
-            <artifactId>reflections</artifactId>
-            <version>${reflections.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
-
-    <build>
-        <finalName>core-java-reflection-private-constructor</finalName>
-        <resources>
-            <resource>
-                <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
-                <filtering>true</filtering>
-            </resource>
-        </resources>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>${source.version}</source>
-                    <target>${target.version}</target>
-                    <compilerArgument>-parameters</compilerArgument>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
-
-    <properties>
-        <reflections.version>0.9.12</reflections.version>
-        <source.version>1.8</source.version>
-        <target.version>1.8</target.version>
-        <spring.version>5.3.4</spring.version>
-    </properties>
-
-</project>
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diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-reflection-private-constructor/src/main/java/com/baeldung/reflection/PrivateConstructorClass.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-reflection-private-constructor/src/main/java/com/baeldung/reflection/PrivateConstructorClass.java
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-package com.baeldung.reflection;
-
-public class PrivateConstructorClass {
-
-    private PrivateConstructorClass() {
-        System.out.println("Used the private constructor!");
-    }
-}
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diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-reflection-private-constructor/src/test/java/com/baeldung/reflection/PrivateConstructorUnitTest.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-reflection-private-constructor/src/test/java/com/baeldung/reflection/PrivateConstructorUnitTest.java
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-package com.baeldung.reflection;
-
-import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
-
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-
-public class PrivateConstructorUnitTest {
-
-    @Test
-    public void whenConstructorIsPrivate_thenInstanceSuccess() throws Exception {
-        Constructor<PrivateConstructorClass> pcc = PrivateConstructorClass.class.getDeclaredConstructor();
-        pcc.setAccessible(true);
-        PrivateConstructorClass privateConstructorInstance = pcc.newInstance();
-        Assertions.assertTrue(privateConstructorInstance instanceof PrivateConstructorClass);
-    }
-}
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