Oct 19, 2008 · In Java, are there clear rules on when to use each of access modifiers, namely the default (package private), public, protected and private, while making class and interface and dealing …

It seems that this conflicts with the definition of the "protected" keyword, given the Oracle documentation says: The protected modifier specifies that the member can only be accessed within its own package …

Dec 27, 2011 · Protected members (instance variables and methods) of a class can be accessed by other classes within the same package as well as by any other class that extends this class …

All these guys explained that the protected member can be accessed by any subclass (also by the subclass out of package) and can be accessed by the package level classes. While experimenting …

Aug 31, 2008 · Should you ever use protected member variables? Depends on how picky you are about hiding state. If you don't want any leaking of internal state, then declaring all your member variables …

Jul 23, 2012 · I need to add a protected variable to the product class file (i have attached the current code of that file) that i have. I need to change the access modifier for the count variable from public …

The Java protected keyword works its way down to all subclasses (and members of the package). If there was a protected member in Object, any object could access it. By contrast, private is only …

1 If protected variables and methods can be accessed, why doesn't the same rule also apply for a protected constructor? Protected variables and methods can only be accessed if the child class in …

Apr 26, 2015 · So, protected elements in a Java application will be accessible form subclasses, class itself AND classes in the same package!, knowing this, you should use protected when some …

Mar 15, 2017 · Is the protected variable of a parentObject be accessed from any child Object? or can be accessed only by only the particular childObject? I have a scenario which clearly expresses my …