Hidding java class field and methods

Hi,
I'm developing an API and I want to know if there's any way to hide all private class, field and methods when exploring the JAR from eclipse or another IDE. In [this capture|http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a32/darkskimmer/Sinttulo-1-2.jpg] I can see "extra-information" like return type of private methods, etc. I want to keep this in secret...
Cheers!
P.S: I have to improve my english skills, I know... :)

darkskimmer wrote:
I'm developing an API and I want to know if there's any way to hide all private class, field and methods when exploring the JAR from eclipse or another IDE. Since the JVM has to be able to see them to access/execute them and and anything it can do you can do then you can't hide them.

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