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Declaring an Interfaces protected

 
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Hello together,

you can declare an Interface public and with default acces (accessed only if the class is in the same package).
Why isn't it possible to declare an Interface protected, so that only classes and interfaces in the same package or interfaces which extends other interfaces, can use the members of the protected interface?

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I will leave it to the experts to provide more explanation/details about this. But my understanding is that all top level classes and interfaces in java could only have public or default access. protected and private is not allowed. So what you are saying is also applicable to top level classes. Sometimes it seems like we have to accept things blindly without questioning them...unfortunately. But I hope someone will have a more convincing answer.
 
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I agree with you Larry.
 
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Hi Lavond,
Because we need to implement the interface from out of the package also.
 
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Ast Lavond wrote:
Why isn't it possible to declare an Interface protected, so that only classes and interfaces in the same package or interfaces which extends other interfaces, can use the members of the protected interface?



*Suppose* Interface A(which is declared as protected) is in under foo package . Interface B(which needs A to extends) is in bar package . so can B extends A ? No, A wont visible in Interface B package . to make it visible A needs to be public .

IMO, declaring toplevel classes and Interface as private or protected wont make sense
 
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Larry Olson wrote: Sometimes it seems like we have to accept things blindly without questioning them...unfortunately.



Partly , I Agree . If you want to play cricket, you need to follow certain rules without arising question
 
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many thanks for the replys.

Simran Dass wrote:
Because we need to implement the interface from out of the package also.



That's why i'm confused, because the default access (which is provided for classes and interfaces) allows only package visibility. So why not a protected access?

Larry Olson wrote:
Sometimes it seems like we have to accept things blindly without questioning them...unfortunately.



You're right. Either public access or default access, a in-between is not needed.
 
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Hi Lavond,
We can make our inner interface as a private or protected.The top level elements are only public or default.For ex,


Try this we achieve the interface property.
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