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Class Member Access Control Modifiers

Class members (methods, fields, constructors, etc) can have one of four access control levels: public, protected, private, and default access. Access Level    From classes in other packages     From classes in the same package   From child classes   From the same class public          yes                                yes                                yes                  yes protected       no                                 yes                                yes                  yes default         no                                 yes                                no                   yes private         no                                 no                                 no                   yes The default access is sometimes called package private. Access levels to constructors are the same as those for fields and methods.