I will explain my question from an example.

In .H file//

@interface Employee:NSObject {
    @private NSString *name;
}
    @property(nonatomic,retain) NSString *name;
@end

in .M file//

@implementation {
    @synthesize name; 
}

In this scenario when i access the name property within another class , like myEmp.Name = @"John"; it doesn't raise any issue. Does this according to the encapsulation rules or am I misunderstanding?