Question

In java, there’s three levels of access:

• Public – Open to the world
• Private – Open only to the class
• Protected – Open only to the class and its subclasses (inheritance).

So why does the java compiler allow this to happen?

TestBlah.java:

public class TestBlah {      public static void main(String[] args) {         Blah a = new Blah('Blah');         Bloo b = new Bloo('Bloo');         System.out.println(a.getMessage());         System.out.println(b.getMessage()); //Works         System.out.println(a.testing);         System.out.println(b.testing); //Works     } } 

Blah.java:

public class Blah {     protected String message;      public Blah(String msg) {         this.message = msg;     }      protected String getMessage(){         return(this.message);     }    } 

Bloo.java:

public class Bloo extends Blah {     public Bloo(String testing) {         super(testing);     } } 

Answer 1

Actually it should be:

Open only to the classes on the same package the class and its subclasses (inheritance)

That’s why