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Slightly related to my other question: What is the difference between the following:
private class Joe protected class Joe public class Joe class Joe Once again, the difference between the last 2 is what I’m most interested in.
A public class is accessible to a class in any package.
A class with default access (
class Joe) is only visible to other classes in the same package.The private and protected modifiers can only be applied to inner classes.
A private class is only visible to its enclosing class, and other inner classes in the same enclosing class.
A protected class is visible to other classes in the same package, and to classes that extend the enclosing class.