Access Modifiers

Access Modifiers

• public - accessed anywhere in the project.
• private - accessed only in the same class.
• protected - accessed in same package and in child classes of other package.
• default - accessed in the same package.

Summary of Access Modifiers

Visibility	public	protected	default	private
Within the same class	yes	yes	yes	yes
From child class of same package	yes	yes	yes	no
From Non-child class of same package	yes	yes	yes	no
From Child class of outside package	yes	yes(we should use child reference only)	no	no
From non-child of outside package	yes	no	no	no

i.e private < default < protected < public