Java Access Level for Members: public, protected, private

Category: Basics   November 1, 2011

Java access level contains two parts: 1) access level for classes and 2) access level for members.

For class access level, the keyword can be public or no explicit modifier(package-private). For member access level, the keyword can be public, protected, package-private (no explicit modifier), or private.

The following table summarizes the access level of different modifiers for members. Access level determines the accessibility of fields and methods. It has 4 levels: public, protected, package-private (no explicit modifier), or private.

access-level

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  • Very well spotted, that’s a mistake on my side. Thank you for letting me know, I’m going to fix those right away

  • Arjun

    if*

  • Arjun

    subclasses can access no modifier fields and methods in present in same package