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What
is the meaning in Java of public, private, and protected?
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As
is expected, public means that the member following is
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public
to everyone using this library
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Private
is not available – only other methods within the class
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can
access that member
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Helper
methods should be private
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Protected
members are available within this class and a derived
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class
(same as C++)
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Recommendation:
limit your use of the default friendly access
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(Please
note, a derived class may not be able to access its parent’s
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“friendly”
members if they are not in the same package! This is because
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it is
possible to inherit from a class that is not in the same package.)
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