In Java, are there clear rules on when to use each of access modifiers, namely the default (package private), public, protected and private, while making class and interface and dealing with inheritance?
解决方案
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│ Class │ Package │ Subclass │ Subclass │ World
│ │ │(same pkg)│(diff pkg)│
────────────┼───────┼─────────┼──────────┼──────────┼────────
public │ + │ + │ + │ + │ +
────────────┼───────┼─────────┼──────────┼──────────┼────────
protected │ + │ + │ + │ + │
────────────┼───────┼─────────┼──────────┼──────────┼────────
no modifier │ + │ + │ + │ │
────────────┼───────┼─────────┼──────────┼──────────┼────────
private │ + │ │ │ │
+ : accessible
blank : not accessible