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protected class ???
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Prashanth Lingala
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Joined: Nov 13, 2004
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Why we cannot have a class as protected???
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Have A Nice Day !!!
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Mike Gershman
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Joined: Mar 13, 2004
Posts: 1272
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Nested classes can be protected. If you look at the rules for accessing a protected entity from outside the same package, you'll see that they just wouldn't apply to a top level class. So the access choices for a top level class are public and default (package).
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Mike Gershman
SCJP 1.4, SCWCD in process
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subject: protected class ???
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