Difference between Public, Private and Protected modifier in Java?
• In Java, access modifier which specifies accessibility of class, methods and variables. There are four access modifiers in Java namely Public, Private, Protected and Default. • The difference between these access-modifies is that; o The most importantly is the level of accessibility. o Public is accessible to anywhere o Private is only accessible in the same class which is declared o Default is accessible only inside the same package o Protected is accessible inside the same package and also outside the package but only the child classes. • We cannot use private or protected modifier with a top--level class. • We should also keep in mind that access modifier cannot applied for local variable public, private or protected in Java.
