Why a regular class cannot be protected.

[Harikrishna Gorrepati]

Hi, Why a regular class cannot be protected.

[Abimaran Kugathasan]

Harikrishna Gorrepati wrote:Hi, Why a regular class cannot be protected.

You can use the same modifiers for inner classes that you use for other members of the outer class. For example, you can use the access specifiers — private, public, and protected — to restrict access to inner classes, just as you do to other class members.

[Harikrishna Gorrepati]

Hi Abimaran, I am not clear. I am referring basic helloworld class which cannot have protected access specifier. what is the reason.

[Abimaran Kugathasan]

Harikrishna Gorrepati wrote:Hi Abimaran, I am not clear. I am referring basic helloworld class which cannot have protected access specifier. what is the reason.

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[Ankit Garg]

What is the use of assigning protected access to a top level class?? What purpose would it serve??

[Harikrishna Gorrepati]

So that super(Parent) class can be accessed in different packages

package1:

public class Parent
{
}

package 2:

 //because Parent is public, Child can see it. If Parent is protected, I want to see in Child..but we cannot declare protected class..
// I want to know the reason why we cannot create protected class.

public class Child extends Parent
{
}

[Abimaran Kugathasan]

Oh My Bad, I confused with the regular and the regular inner class. Sorry Harikrishna Gorrepati, I confused you.

[Abimaran Kugathasan]

For this purpose, you can use/make the Parent class' Constructor as protected!